Centaurus A: Far-infrared and X-rays EU–(ENEWSPF)–4 April 2012.  Two of ESA’s space observatories have combined to create a multi-wavelength view of violent events taking place within the giant galaxy of Centaurus A. The new observations strengthen the view that it may have been created by the cataclysmic collision of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2012.  The world’s most popular weed killer can induce morphological changes in vertebrate animals, U.S. biologists studying its effect on amphibians say. University of Pittsburgh researchers have found that the weed killer Roundup, in sub-lethal and environmentally relevant concentrations, causes two species of amphibians to change their[Read More…]

FORT BERTHOLD, N.D.–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012.  Concluding a two-day visit to areas in North Dakota benefiting from a major oil boom in and around the Bakken Formation, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today unveiled new initiatives to expedite safe and responsible development of domestic energy resources on U.S. public lands[Read More…]

Promise of clearer, healthier air in national parks and wilderness areas Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012.  The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has approved an agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and conservation groups on a path toward cleaner, clearer air in our national parks and wilderness[Read More…]

New algorithms could enable heaps of ‘smart sand’ that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012.  Imagine that you have a big box of sand in which you bury a tiny model of a footstool. A few[Read More…]

Social energy app to enable 20 million households to share, compare and compete in energy savings challenges  ARLINGTON, Va., MENLO PARK, Calif., and WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012 –Facebook, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Opower today joined with 16 utilities to launch a social energy app at http://social.opower.com. With[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2012.  Last week, the journal Science published two new studies linking neonicotinoid pesticide exposure to bee health. These two studies, one French, one British, add to a growing body of scientific literature and strengthen the case for removing pesticides toxic to bees from the market. The French[Read More…]

Students call on universities to move millions of dollars in new campaign to distance schools from dangerous, dirty fossil fuel investments URBANA, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2012.  Students from North Carolina to Illinois are uniting in a call to move millions of dollars in university endowment funds out of the risky and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2012.  NOAA announced today that fishermen will be allowed to catch up to 6,700 metric tons of Gulf of Maine cod in 2012. This is the end result of collaborative work with the fishing industry to find a solution that prevented a much larger cut to the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2012.  Testimony of Audubon’s Donal O’Brien Chair in Bird Conservation and Public Policy, Glenn Olson: “Audubon strongly supports H.R. 1960, the North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act and H.R. 1917, the Joint Ventures for Bird Habitat Conservation Act. We commend Congressman Rob Wittman and Congressman Ron Kind for[Read More…]