A Year After Fukushima, NRC Fails to Improve Safety, Leaving 120 Million Americans at Higher Risk WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2012. A new mapping tool released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council illustrates the potential radiological impacts of a severe accident at the nation’s nuclear reactors and flags risk factors associated[Read More…]
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Saturn and Titan
Saturn and Titan, side by side EU–(ENEWSPF)–5 March 2012. Titan, Saturn’s largest moon at 5150 km across, looks small here, pictured to the right of the gas giant in this infrared image taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Saturn’s rings appear across the top of the image, casting shadows onto the[Read More…]
Lunar Lander Firing Up for Touchdown
EU–(ENEWSPF)–5 March 2012. One of these thrusters was recently put through its paces at Astrium’s specialised facility in Lampoldshausen, Germany.5 March 2012Europe’s ambition of touching down at the Moon’s south pole by 2018 has been boosted by recent test firings of the craft’s thrusters. The robot lander will prove[Read More…]
HHS Secretary Announces Environmental Justice Strategy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2012. Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, along with other federal agencies, released the Department’s 2012 Environmental Justice Strategy and Implementation Plan, outlining steps that will be taken to protect communities facing greater health and environmental risks. The report recognizes that poor air[Read More…]
Industrial Hemp Farming Act Gets Four More Co-Sponsors
HR 1831 Still Needs The Support Of The Senate OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2012. We are very pleased to report that H.R. 1831, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, gained four new cosponsors since we last updated you: Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-MI 13th District), Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA 51st District), Rep. Timothy Johnson[Read More…]
China May Say No to GMO Crops
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2012. Although the nation has a less-than-stellar environmental reputation in some circles, China had the environmental community applauding loudly this week with the announcement that the government proposes to ban genetically modified crops: http://ecowatch.org/2012/china-hammers-nails-into-the-ge-coffin/ Source: www.safelawns.org
Oxygen detected in atmosphere of Saturn’s Moon Dione
Discovery could mean ingredients for life are abundant on icy space bodies LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico-(ENEWSPF)- Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists and an international research team have announced discovery of molecular oxygen ions (O2+) in the upper-most atmosphere of Dione, one of the 62 known moons orbiting the ringed planet.[Read More…]
Discovery Channel Teams with Key Environmental Organizations on Groundbreaking Natural History Series ‘Frozen Planet’
Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club to Host Screenings and Use Power of Social Media to Celebrate Ultimate Portrait of Earth’s Polar Regions – Discovery’s ‘Check in and Give’ Campaign to Raise Funds for Partner Organizations Silver Spring, Md.–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2012. As Discovery Channel prepares to launch its[Read More…]
Paul Winter, Composer of Flyways, Named to Receive Audubon Award
“Extraordinary project weaves the sounds of many cultures that share a great migratory pathways with millions of birds” (Bill Ellzey) Listen to music from Flyways New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2012. Grammy-winning saxophonist Paul Winter will receive the John James Audubon Center Award for Art Inspiring Conservation (AIC), just prior to a special[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Small Modular Reactor Technology Partnerships at Savannah River Site
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2012. The U.S. Energy Department and its Savannah River Site (SRS) announced today three public-private partnerships to develop deployment plans for small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) technologies at SRS facilities, near Aiken, South Carolina. As part of the Energy Department’s commitment to advancing the next generation of[Read More…]
