Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2011.  New research shows a link between use of two pesticides, rotenone and paraquat, and Parkinson’s disease. People who used either pesticide developed Parkinson’s disease approximately 2.5 times more often than non-users. The study was a collaborative effort conducted by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental[Read More…]

TUCSON, Ariz–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2011.  The number of people on Earth is expected to hit 7 billion later this year, a deeply troubling milestone in the human overpopulation crisis that’s contributing to widespread extinction of plants and animals, overconsumption of our natural resources, climate change, and other environmental problems. February is[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011.  It isn’t often that a map visually displays a moral issue facing a divided nation and then affects a President’s response. Yet nearly 150 years ago, the U.S. Coast Survey — NOAA’s predecessor organization — produced such a map that, according to historians, President Abraham Lincoln[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2011.  Two weeks after President Obama focused on innovation in his State of the Union address, the U.S. Department of Energy announced today that former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will keynote the second annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. Designed to bring together key players from across[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2011.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing two companies for innovative new products that recycle wasted energy and turn it into usable electricity in homes or small buildings. Micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems are an emerging technology that can help change how we use[Read More…]

New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011.  Six directors were named to Audubon’s board at the organization’s January meeting.  The new “class” includes prominent leaders in science, conservation, finance and education. “This group reflects the dynamism of the changing Audubon Board. They have deep and respected scientific backgrounds; they are market-savvy[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011.  Last month was the coolest January since 1994, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. Across the contiguous United States, the average January temperature was 30.0 F, which is 0.8 F below the 1901-2000 average. And despite several large winter[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011.  Yesterday the Center for American Progress released the report “Helping America Win the Clean Energy Race: Innovating to Meet the President’s Goal of 80 Percent Clean Electricity by 2035,” by Richard W. Caperton, Kate Gordon, Bracken Hendricks, and Daniel J. Weiss, introducing five “design principles” that[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2011.  BMI Corporation, a company in South Carolina, in partnership with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has successfully developed a technology that will make semi trucks more fuel efficient with the potential to save millions of gallons of fuel. Utilizing the nation’s most[Read More…]

NORFOLK, VA–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2011.  Unveiling a coordinated strategic plan to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced major steps forward in support of offshore wind energy in the United States, including new funding opportunities for up[Read More…]