Joint effort aims to motivate hundreds of millions of people to take action, become more energy efficient, and help protect the environment ARLINGTON, Va., PALO ALTO, Calif., and WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 17, 2011  –Facebook, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Opower today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to use the power[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2011.  Backlash from local residents in an Illinois city has pressured park officials to keep chemical pesticides off of athletic fields, successfully stopping a planned chemical treatment in November and postponing the city’s decision to spray until they hear more from concerned residents and turf experts. For[Read More…]

TUSCON, AZ –(ENEWSPF)–October 14 – The Center for Biological Diversity today named the U.S. Chamber of Commerce the recipient of its 2011 Rubber Dodo Award. The award is given annually to those who have done the most to drive endangered species extinct. Previous winners include former BP CEO Tony Hayward[Read More…]

TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011.  Everything that scientists can ever know about long-gone creatures is what they can deduce from fossils. But what if they could resurrect actual specimens and compare their features with their modern-day descendants? That’s a notion that has University of Toronto biologists helping to create a seed[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011.  Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have found that environmental toxicants such as dioxins, PCBs, and pesticides can pose a risk for cardiovascular disease. The results of the study, entitled “Circulating Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Carotid Atherosclerosis in the Elderly,” show a link[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) met with NASA Flight STA-135 Mission Specialist and Belleville, Illinois-native Dr. Sandy Magnus and Commander Chris Ferguson yesterday to discuss the International Space Station and continuing space exploration and research. The mission, which carried supplies and spare parts to the Space[Read More…]

One youngster only six times heftier than Jupiter   TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011.  A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has discovered over two dozen new free-floating brown dwarfs, including a lightweight youngster only about six times heftier than Jupiter, that reside in two young star clusters. What’s more, one[Read More…]

Project will investigate role Florida’s deep coral reefs play in fisheries, ecosystems Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011 Deep reefs, referred to as mesophotic coral ecosystems, can be found from 100-330 feet in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Pictured is a scamp grouper at 320 feet off the Dry Tortugas. High resolution (Credit:[Read More…]

Annual minimum Arctic sea ice extent second smallest ever recorded Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011 Global surface temperature Anomalies – September 2011. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) The Earth experienced its eighth warmest September since record keeping began in 1880. The annual minimum Arctic sea ice extent was reached on September 9 and[Read More…]

Minimal economic effects seen from closing lightly used area to fishing, diving Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011 Black seabass swims in Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) The southern third of NOAA’s 22-square mile Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the Georgia coast was designated a research area, where[Read More…]