Sale Will Make Nearly 38 million Acres Available as Part of the President’s Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. The Obama administration today announced that the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold the consolidated Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale[Read More…]

Utility to retire six coal-fired power plants, following national trend of coal losing ground to clean energy Cleveland, OH–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. In a huge win for clean air and public health, First Energy announced this morning that the company will retire six of its dirtiest coal-fired power plants.  These plants,[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. Did any of you catch the beleaguered CEO of the National Wildlife Federation defiantly attempt to justify his recent deal with Scotts Miracle Gro that we reported on earlier today? Looking more like a man who will probably be forced to resign soon than someone we ought[Read More…]

UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2012.  Scientists have used a laser to create magnetic fields similar to those thought to be involved in the formation of the first galaxies; findings that could help to solve the riddle of how the Universe got its magnetism. Magnetic fields exist throughout galactic and intergalactic space,[Read More…]

UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2012. Extreme conditions of temperature and pressure found in stars have been recreated on Earth using the world’s brightest X-ray source. An international team, led by Oxford University scientists, studied how solid matter responded to X-ray laser pulses produced by the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) based[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today invited Americans to vote online for the most innovative and promising start-up companies in the “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” challenge. Voting will end at 8:59 a.m. EST. on Monday, February 6, and the top start-up companies out of[Read More…]

NRDC: Pesticide Needs to Be Fully Tested Before Going on Market WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012.  The Natural Resources Defense Council today filed a lawsuit in federal court to limit public exposure to the antimicrobial nanosilver used in clothing, baby blankets, and many other textiles. The lawsuit, filed in the 9th U.S.[Read More…]

Wildlife protection agency challenged for not doing its job SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012. A coalition of conservation and American Indian groups today sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect thousands of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions from U.S. Navy warfare training exercises along the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2012.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that it is providing a $25,000 grant to the Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas (CATA) to reduce exposure to pesticides for farm workers in southern New Jersey. CATA, a Latino-led nonprofit organization, will educate migrant farm[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2012.  Apple growers in Michigan are seeking a Section 18 emergency exemption from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an unregistered pesticide to curb fire blight on 10,000 acres of apples trees that are susceptible to a deadly disease. Even though Section 18 exemptions from federal[Read More…]