New report shows institution lacking clean energy lending strategy and instead considering a new loan for coal power in Kosovo Durban, South Africa–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2011. Civil society organizations from around the world released a report today at the Durban climate talks that highlights the contradictions inherent in the World Bank[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2011.  New research shows that women who drink water containing the widely used herbicide atrazine may be more likely to have irregular menstrual cycles and low estrogen levels, even at concentrations far below federal drinking water standards considered safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Researchers[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENWESPF)–November 28, 2011 NASA MODIS image of Tropical Cyclone Gonu (June 4, 2007). Download here. (Credit: courtesy of NASA) A ‘brown cloud’ of pollution over the Indian Ocean resulting from human activities has led to stronger tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea, according to an international team of scientists. The[Read More…]

Irene the first hurricane to hit U.S. in three years; Northeast reminded it’s also vulnerable Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2011 Hurricane Irene – August 27, 2011. Hurricane Irene made landfall at approximately 7:30 am EDT on Aug. 27, 2011, near Cape Lookout, N.C. with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (Category 1).[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2011.  The Mars Science Laboratory rover, which launched from Cape Canaveral this weekend, is powered by nuclear systems developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), marking the 28th space mission supported by nuclear energy. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of nuclear-powered space exploration. To[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2011. U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today the winners of the 2011 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award for their outstanding contributions in research and development supporting the Department of Energy and its missions.  Nine winners were named today in eight categories.  Winners in each category will[Read More…]

NRDC Files Petitions to Intervene in the Limerick Nuclear Plant Operating License Renewal Application, Citing Obsolete Accident Mitigation Study  WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2011.  Exelon Generation, the owner of the Limerick nuclear power plant outside of Philadelphia, is seeking federal re-licensing of its plant without updating a 1980s-era accident mitigation study,[Read More…]

Rhode Island–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2011. While those of us in the North are primarily concerned with collecting those last few leaves from the lawn to avoid winterkill next spring, many folks in the South are actually preparing to plant. When December arrives, the cooler temperatures turn many Southern lawns brown —[Read More…]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2011.  Purdue University researchers have discovered a fine-tuning mechanism involved in plant root growth that has them questioning whether a popular herbicide may have unintended consequences, causing some plants to need more water or nutrients. Angus Murphy, a professor of horticulture, and Wendy Peer, an assistant[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2011.  Purdue University professors Angus Murphy and Wendy Peer, partnering with scientists at the Institute of Experimental Botany at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, have revealed the mechanism by which the popular weed killer 2,4-D also harms grass plants, in addition to killing the surrounding[Read More…]