Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August, 8, 2011.  In a move that highlights serious concerns regarding the pesticide registration process, DuPont has announced that it plans to issue a total recall of its new herbicide, Imprelis, following widespread evidence and complaints that the product has caused the deaths of trees around the country. After[Read More…]

Company Licenses Technology from Ames Laboratory to Produce Titanium Powder for Use in Military, Biomedical and Aerospace Components Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—August 5, 2011.  U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu yesterday announced that an Iowa based start-up company has been selected to participate in the Department of Energy’s “America’s Next Top[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 4, 2011. On Wednesday, September 7 at 7pm, Thorn Creek Audubon Society will sponsor a slide program on hummingbirds and hummingbird festivals in Illinois. Vernon Kleen, a retired avian ecologist, will explain the status of hummingbirds in Illinois, hummingbird banding, and what happens at hummingbird festivals. The[Read More…]

NIGERIA–(ENEWSPF)–4 August 2011.  The environmental restoration of Nigeria’s Ogoniland oil region could prove to be the world’s most wide-ranging and long-term oil clean-up exercise ever, if contaminated drinking water, land, creeks and other ecosystems are to be brought back to full health, according to a United Nations report released today.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2011.  NOAA-supported scientists found the size of this year’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be 6,765 square miles. Researchers had predicted the potential for a record sized dead zone between 8,500 and 9,421 square miles due to the spring flooding of the Mississippi River and the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2011.  NOAA issued its updated 2011 Atlantic hurricane season outlook today raising the number of expected named storms from its pre-season outlook issued in May. Forecasters also increased their confidence that 2011 will be an active Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 4 – A large coalition of public health, environmental, and good government groups filed a petition (PDF) today demanding that full health and safety information be made available for all of the chemicals used in oil and gas development, including the controversial process known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.”[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2011.  The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the next step of its comprehensive website reform, making Energy.gov a cutting-edge, interactive information platform and saving taxpayers more than $10 million annually. Through a complete overhaul of its front-end and back-end design, Energy.gov modernizes how consumers and businesses[Read More…]

State-by-state analysis unveiled in new NRDC web tool WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2011. Climate change is expected to lead to worsening drought conditions and greater heat extremes, increased threats of Dengue Fever, drought, floods, air pollution and myriad health problems, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. A new web tool unveiled[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2011.  At least 21 different species of weeds are found to be resistant to the herbicide glyphosate, commonly sold as Roundup and used across thousands of acres of “RoundUp Ready” genetically engineered (GE) crops, according to a series of studies in the current issue of Weed Science.[Read More…]