Illinois Department of Public Health Department holds informational meetings SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2012. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Lead Program is holding 11 meetings around the state to inform the public about changes in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Renovation, Repair and Painting lead law that went into effect April[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2012. The attempted whitewashing by the chemical companies has been rampant lately. First TruGreen ChemLawn tried to buy public opinion by sending millions of dollars to Earth Day. Then Scotts Miracle Gro did buy out Major League Baseball. SafeLawns and its allies were able to block the insidious[Read More…]

This mosaic of images taken in mid-January 2012 shows the windswept vista northward (left) to northeastward (right) from the location where NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is spending its fifth Martian winter, an outcrop informally named “Greeley Haven.” Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ. (SUPPLIED) Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Eight years after landing[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The South Suburban Earth Science Club meets the first Thursday of each month, except June  and July, at 7:00 p.m. at the Park Forest Public Library. On the meeting of December 1, 2011 the club elected officers to serve during 2012. Daniel Bolm continues as President to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2012.  Research published this month in the online edition of the Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology finds that the neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid contaminates surface waters in agricultural regions. Imidacloprid is a systemic pesticide, meaning it is taken up by a plant’s vascular system and expressed through[Read More…]

Energy Information Agency 2012 forecast confirms America moving beyond coal, though report understates extent of coal’s demise Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2012. Coal-fired electricity will continue its steady decline in 2012, opening market space for clean energy, according to the 2012 energy outlook released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2012. With a new book (Tag, Toss & Run) and campaign (Lawn Games for LIfe) on the way for the spring of 2012, the SafeLawns spring calendar is quickly filling up and taking shape. Please take a look below and note when we’ll be in your area. The[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2012. A four-person team led by Gilles-Eric Séralini, professor of molecular biology at the University of Caen in France, recently revealed yet another study that links the weed killer known as Roundup to infertility — this time in males. The report, titled Toxicol in Vitro, revealed that exposures[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2012 SARSAT System Overview. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) In 2011, NOAA satellites were critical in the rescues of 207 people from life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters. The satellites picked up distress signals from emergency beacons carried by downed pilots, shipwrecked boaters and stranded[Read More…]

David Ringer   New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2012. Birdhouses, not a golden shovel, marked the official beginning of construction on a new $2 million facility for the Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss Point, Mississippi, Jan. 20. The conservation and education center will be located on a 10-acre property consisting of[Read More…]