United Arab Emirates–(ENEWSPF)–16 January 2012.    As the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All kicked off today, United Nations officials called on governments, the private sector and civil society to help expand energy access, improve efficiency and increase the use of renewables. Globally, one person in five still lacks[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–16 January 2012. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the European Commission are teaming up to help Malawi, Viet Nam and Zambia transition to a “climate-smart” approach to agriculture. The €5.3 million project announced today seeks to make changes in farming systems that will help improve their[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2012.  Will you help? It’s been five years since SafeLawns blew the whistle on the fact that a group of pesticides was responsible for the sudden die-off of bees known as colony collapse disorder. We were threatened with lawsuits and endured a smear campaign, but ultimately our bee[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn announced a new Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) online portal that will make the environmental permitting process more user-friendly by eliminating red tape for businesses in Illinois. It also increases transparency in the process by allowing applicants and other interested parties to track the[Read More…]

“It’s that Simple” Ad Calls on Congress to Support Public Health Protections Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, OH–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2012. Today the Sierra Club released a high saturation television ad in the Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, OH media markets, thanking President Obama for protecting Americans from toxic pollution.    The ad follows President[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2012. The Gulfstream IV-SP (G-IV) is a high altitude, high speed, twin turbofan jet aircraft acquired by NOAA in 1996. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) A highly specialized NOAA jet typically used to study hurricanes will fly over the north Pacific Ocean during the next two months gathering data[Read More…]

Company conceals evidence that genetically modified mosquitoes may have high survival rate in wild Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2012. A confidential internal document obtained by civil society groups shows genetically modified mosquitoes described by their manufacturer, UK company Oxitec, as “sterile” are in fact not sterile and their offspring have a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2012.  On January 10, beekeepers from across the country gathered at a national conference, with environmental organizations at their side, to draw attention to the growing plight facing their industry –the decline of honey bees, a problem that has far reaching implications for the U.S. economy. The[Read More…]

Source: Hubblesite.org Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a cluster of galaxies in the initial stages of development. It is the most distant such grouping ever observed in the early universe. In a random sky survey made in near-infrared light, Hubble found five tiny galaxies clustered[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2012. Congressional leaders promised to address tax credit extensions in the first quarter of 2012 and today the Center for American Progress released “Good Government Investments in Renewable Energy,” by Richard Caperton, examining current government investments in renewable energy and how they should work in the future[Read More…]