CANADA–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2011. It’s high spring across much of North America. That means the dandelions are in full bloom, the plantain is starting to flush out and the clover isn’t far behind. That also means it’s peak season for lawn pesticides, those sprays and granules used to stop weeds dead.[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2011 A moss lawn in a shady area can be a beautiful addition to a landscape. One of the tenets of our approach to lawn care is that “weeds” are messengers sent by Mother Nature to tell us something about the soil below. You can kill the messengers[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2011. The U.S. Court of Appeals today rejected the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s attempt to overturn California’s authority to implement tailpipe carbon pollution standards for new cars – this was the final legal attack on California’s landmark carbon pollution standards.[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2011. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a new strategy to promote the use of green infrastructure by cities and towns to reduce stormwater runoff that pollutes our nation’s streams, creeks, rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Green infrastructure decreases pollution to local waterways by treating rain where[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– More than 30 years after they left Earth, NASA’s twin Voyager probes are now at the edge of the solar system. Not only that, they’re still working. And with each passing day they are beaming back a message that, to scientists, is both unsettling and thrilling. The message[Read More…]

SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. After recently celebrating the defeat of the 152nd proposed coal-fired power plant prevented or abandoned in the past decade, the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign announced today that it would shift its focus toward replacing the nation’s existing fleet of dirty coal plants with clean energy[Read More…]

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed suit against an independent oil producer for allowing thousands of gallons of oil, saltwater and other oilfield waste to overflow into ditches and farmland at its Willow Hill unit in Jasper County earlier this month. Capco Offshore of Texas, Inc. is[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 5 P.M. EDT.The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has uploaded a new video to its YouTube channel. The video, “Health Physicist Explains U.S. Radiation Monitoring,” features Health Physics Society’s President Edward Maher who explains how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Food[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2011.  Today the Obama administration announced a new proposal to secure clean water and protect American’s drinking water sources.  The guidance on the scope of Clean Water Act protections comes after years of confusion stemming from misguided policies initiated by the previous administration that put millions of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2011.  To improve energy production by wind farms, NOAA researchers and colleagues are launching a study this month to make visible the invisible “wakes” produced behind wind turbines. Ripples, waves and other disturbances form in the atmosphere downstream of turbines, similar to the watery wakes behind boats.[Read More…]