NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 November 2011. A United Nations-backed report confirms the link between climate change and current trends in extreme weather such as floods and heat waves, and warns that existing measures, even in developed countries, are not enough to cope with the severity of these events. The report, whose summary[Read More…]
Environmental
Size Matters? Study Raises Questions About When and Where Soybeans Were Domesticated
TORONTO–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. If you like tofu, tempeh, edamame or miso soup, you’re a fan of soybeans. But the significance of this legume goes far beyond a few culinary treats–soybeans rank seventh among world crops for tonnage harvested. Now, a new study led by researchers at the University of Toronto[Read More…]
Green Lawns, No Synthetic Chemicals: Examples from the Midwest
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. The SafeLawns fall tour of the Midwest unveiled numerous examples of landscape sustainability in recent days. Hosted by our sponsoring partners at Calcium Products/NatraTurf and Purple Cow Organics, we visited installations at state capitols, college campuses, golf courses, public gardens and private residences during our whirlwind tour. Here[Read More…]
Starlings Help to Explain Irrational Preferences
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–18 November 2011. Research into decision-making by European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) may help to explain why many animals, including humans, sometimes exhibit irrational preferences. A study by Oxford University scientists in which starlings pecked on different coloured keys to gain a food reward shows that the birds pay too[Read More…]
Research Again Proves Equal Yields, Higher Profits from Organic Farming
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. Organic crop systems can provide similar yields and much higher economic returns than a conventional corn-soybean rotation, according to thirteen years of data from a side-by-side comparison at Iowa State University’s Neely-Kinyon Research and Demonstration Farm. The University’s Long-Term Agroecological Research Experiment (LTAR) began in 1998[Read More…]
Chu: ‘We Can and Must Compete in Clean Energy – and I Believe We Can Win’
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. In his remarks after touring the GE solar manufacturing facility in Arvada, Colorado today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu highlighted the choice America faces on whether we should accept defeat and watch solar jobs go overseas, or play to win in the $240 billion clean energy[Read More…]
Prosecutors Issue Summons to the Six Largest Pesticide Manufacturers for Human Rights Violations
Preparations Begin for “Big 6” on Trial SAN FRANCISCO, CA –(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. Citing widespread and egregious violations of basic human rights, anetwork of scientists, doctors, lawyers and human rights organizations issued a summons today to the world’s six largest pesticide corporations to appear in court. The summons initiates a[Read More…]
IPCC Extreme Weather Report Shows We Must Curb Carbon Pollution
NRDC: “It’s Not Too Late To Act.” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. A comprehensive report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms what most people already know: The intensifying extreme weather events in the United States and around the world are linked to climate change. The following is a[Read More…]
House and Senate Unite Under Legislation To Protect America’s Wild and Pristine Roadless Forests
Introduce Roadless Area Conservation Act today Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. On the heels of a landmark Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a broad group of senators and representatives introduced legislation today to make sure the administrative rule remains the law of[Read More…]
Congress Fights to Protect Environment and Public Health from Climate Change
Senate bill would establish programs to safeguard natural resources and communities Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Max Baucus (D-MT) introduced the Securing America’s Future and Environment Act (“SAFE Act”) that aims to protect American communities and natural resources from the impacts of climate change.[Read More…]
