WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011.  Today, the Center for American Progress released the report “Coal-Fired Conflict: Enabling Exports Clouds Environmental and Economic Goals,” by Kate Gordon and Tom Kenworthy. The report details the escalating battle over proposals to construct coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest, the Obama administration’s leases of[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011.  Today, at the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Mich., U.S. Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCar2: Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams that were selected to participate. EcoCar2[Read More…]

Various Shuttle Artifacts Allocated to Chicago’s Adler Planetarium WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2011.  After 30 years of spaceflight, more than 130 missions, and numerous science and technology firsts, NASA’s space shuttle fleet will retire and be on display at institutions across the country to inspire the next generation of explorers and engineers.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2011.  Today, the Center for American Progress (CAP) announces the recently formed Public Lands Project and Ocean Program. These projects build on the Center’s long history of working to advance a more sustainable economy—one that promotes environmental protection, energy security, and economic prosperity. “By folding these new[Read More…]

The giant cluster of elliptical galaxies in the centre of this image contains so much dark matter mass that its gravity bends light. This means that for very distant galaxies in the background, the cluster’s gravitational field acts as a sort of magnifying glass, bending and concentrating the distant object’s[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011.  Last month, temperatures and precipitation in the contiguous United States averaged above normal, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The average temperature in March was 44.0 degrees F, which is 1.4 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average. March precipitation,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011.  This week the Center for American Progress released two briefs on how the current budget negotiations would affect our environment and public health—“Protecting Big Oil at the Expense of the Future,” by Daniel J. Weiss and Richard Caperton, and “The Fight Over International Climate Investments, by[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2011.  The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) today said the latest round of testing to assess the extent of radioactivity in Illinois from the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan found trace amounts of radioactive iodine in air, grass, milk and rainwater samples as well as minute levels[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2011.   The administration is encouraged by the Senate’s actions today to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to protect public health under the Clean Air Act. By rejecting efforts to rollback EPA’s common-sense steps to safeguard Americans from harmful pollution, the Senate also rejected an approach[Read More…]

Fairless Hills, PA–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2011 – 2:04 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  Everybody, please have a seat, have a seat. Hello, Fairless Hills!  Hello, Gamesa!  It is good to be here.  I was here three years ago.  I was then a candidate — how many folks were[Read More…]