EU–(ENEWSPF)–8 March 2012.  A pair of unusually large solar flares early yesterday generated a Coronal Mass Ejection that will reach Earth around mid-day today. It will likely cause at least a strong geomagnetic storm that could affect satellites in space and trigger auroral displays.  The effects at ground level are[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2012.  Yesterday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued annual assessment letters to the nation’s operating commercial nuclear power reactors. As of Dec. 31, 2011, 99 of 104 nuclear reactors were performing at a high level. “We ensure nuclear power plants are safe, continually inspecting them and assessing[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2012.  Researchers at Montana State University-Bozeman (MSU) have discovered a bacterium that could control a variety of plant diseases caused by funghi, bacteria and viruses, and are working with Certis USA, a global biological pesticide company, to develop and commercialize it by early 2013. The product will[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2012.  Warmer-than-average temperatures dominated the northern and eastern regions of the country in December, January and February, leading to the fourth warmest winter on record for the contiguous United States. The winter season was also drier-than-average for the Lower 48, with dry conditions experienced across the West[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2012.  The Center for American Progress today released the testimony of Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Change Policy, before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power on “The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on Rising Gas Prices.” An excerpt: The recent spike in[Read More…]

President Obama Announces $1 billion National Community Deployment Challenge to spur deployment of clean, advanced vehicles and expansion of advanced vehicle tax credit Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2012. During the State of the Union Address, the President laid out a blueprint for a new era of American energy – an economy[Read More…]

Clean Air Act requires EPA to act as lead emissions from aviation fuel continue to endanger public health Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2012.  Friends of the Earth, a leading advocate for a healthy environment, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency today after the agency did not reply to a[Read More…]

Friend of the court brief challenges state’s attempt to create loophole in stream protection laws Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2012.  Today, Earthjustice and the Center for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP) filed an friend of the court brief with the Washington State Court of Appeals in support of the Swinomish Indian[Read More…]

An unprecedented and limited-time exhibition will be on display at The Field Museum starting February 17 and running through April 22, 2012.             Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)-Opening the Vaults: Mummies is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the public to view over 20 mummified individuals from Egypt and Peru held in The Field Museum’s[Read More…]

COLLEGE STATION-(ENEWSPF)- A decade ago, Houston businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell was so certain there were big discoveries to be made in physics and astronomy and that they should come out of Texas A&M University, he put money on it, endowing the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute[Read More…]