WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011.  The U.S. Agency for International Development and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and coffeemakers, announced that they will work together to strengthen social, economic and environmental development in coffee growing communities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The new partnership[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday met with the President and CEO of Prairie State Energy Campus, Peter DeQuattro, who has been working closely with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the last several years to ensure that their new coal-fueled generation plant in southwestern[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSWPF)–October 20, 2011.  As reported here throughout the past few months, the SafeLawns Foundation and the Glenstone Foundation are partnering with the University of Maryland’s world-renowned turfgrass department on a long-term study to review the efficacy of organic lawn care. After months of planning, researchers broke ground in the last[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011 New Laws Wrongfully Restrict Organic Fertilizers After more than 70 years in business, Milorganite is finding its product illegal as a lawn fertilizer in some states due to the 2 percent phosphorus in the bag. Other organic fertilizers are fighting the same issue. The coming year is[Read More…]

Rail Facilities in California Responsible for Tons of Hazardous Chemical Waste LOS ANGELES–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011.  A lawsuit announced today representing hundreds of thousands of Californians, many of which live near rail yard facilities throughout California, seeks to eliminate toxic diesel pollution from rail operations owned by Union Pacific Corporation (UP),[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011.   The No-So-Instant Makeover: A Lawn Renovation As much as a complete new lawn construction removes much of the mystery from the process, a renovation is the ultimate horticultural puzzle. Finding the solution begins with a big multi-pronged question: What is it about your current lawn that[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently announced the availability of a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) that evaluates the potential environmental effects of deregulating (commercializing) sugar beets genetically engineered (GE) to be resistant to the herbicide glyphosate, commonly[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2011 Yesterday’s anti-GMO rally in Washington was lost in the din of the Occupy movement. From a public relations perspective, yesterday’s Right to Know rally in Washington was a bit of a bust. Did you even know about it? I didn’t, and I like to think I pay[Read More…]

  EU–(ENEWSPF)–17 October 2011.  ESA’s ice satellite is rolling left and right in orbit to help it continue its precise measurements of the vast ice sheets that blanket Greenland and Antarctica.   Since its launch 18 months ago, CryoSat-2 has been collecting data to improve our understanding of the relationship between[Read More…]

Human and Financial Cost of Nuclear Crisis in New York Could Exceed Japan’s Fukushima Disaster NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2011.  A wide range of safer, cleaner energy options is available to replace Indian Point Energy Center if the nuclear plant is not relicensed in 2015, according to an independent analysis commissioned[Read More…]