Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2011.  Two recent reports from the Organic Center can help consumers identify food choices that will reduce their intake of pesticides while enhancing the overall nutritional content of their diets. The reports, entitled Dietary Risk Index and Transforming Jane Doe’s Diet are based upon state-of-the-art pesticide residue[Read More…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]