Camping on blue ice EU–(ENEWSPF)–29 March 2012. Field measurements in the spectacular blue ice region of Antarctica not only provide confidence in the accuracy of ESA’s CryoSat mission, but have also shown that this part of the ice sheet has increased in height. Making sure that CryoSat is delivering[Read More…]
Environmental
Over One Million Comments Delivered to FDA Call for Labeling GE Foods
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012. The Just Label It Campaign (JLI) announced this week that more than one million Americans submitted comments supporting its petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. The JLI Campaign, a national coalition of more than 500[Read More…]
Secretary Salazar, Director Beaudreau Announce Next Steps for Potential Energy Development in the Mid- and South Atlantic
Release Geological and Geophysical Environmental Analysis for Public Comment NORFOLK, Va.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2012. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today announced that Interior is taking steps to assess the conventional and[Read More…]
Oil & Gas Industry Can Reduce Methane Waste by 80 Percent, Cutting U.S. Methane Pollution by One-Third While Saving Industry $2 Billion Annually
New Report Reveals Top Ten Affordable Technologies to Significantly Reduce Harmful Air Pollution NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2012 – Oil and gas companies can reduce industry’s harmful methane emissions by 80 percent and generate $2 billion annually by implementing affordable and available technologies to fix leaks and other waste throughout the[Read More…]
Canada To Declare Triclosan Toxic to Environment
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2012. The Canadian government is set to declare the bacteria killer found in many toothpastes, mouthwashes and anti-bacterial soaps as toxic to the environment, a move which could see the use of the chemical curtailed sharply in Canada. Triclosan, the chemical in question, has been linked to[Read More…]
U of Toronto Discovery of New Catalyst Promises Cheaper, Greener Drugs
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. A chemistry team at the University of Toronto has discovered environmentally-friendly iron-based nanoparticle catalysts that work as well as the expensive, toxic, metal-based catalysts that are currently in wide use by the drug, fragrance and food industry. “It is always important to strive to make industrial[Read More…]
U.S. Coast Survey’s Surveyors Were Pivotal in the Civil War Battle for New Orleans
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. Plan of Fort Jackson, 1862 Gerdes and his men surveyed and mapped the flotilla’s successful mortar bombardment of Fort Jackson. Download here. (Credit: NOAA Coast Survey sketch, from the Coast Survey historical collection) As the Civil War battle to control the lower Mississippi River raged 150 years[Read More…]
EPA Proposes First Carbon Pollution Standard for Future Power Plants
Achievable standard is in line with investments already being made and will inform the building of new plants moving forward WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. Following a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants.[Read More…]
‘Buckliball’ Opens New Avenue in Design of Foldable Engineering Structures
Inspired by a toy, the ‘buckliball’ — a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material — represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012. Motivated by the desire to determine the simplest 3-D structure that could take advantage of mechanical instability to collapse[Read More…]
Signs of Thawing Permafrost Revealed From Space
Frozen land EU–(ENEWSPF)–27 March 2012. Satellite are seeing changes in land surfaces in high detail at northern latitudes, indicating thawing permafrost. This releases greenhouse gases into parts of the Arctic, exacerbating the effects of climate change. Permafrost is ground that remains at or below 0°C for at least two consecutive[Read More…]
