Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Innovation Portal now has more than 300 business-friendly marketing summaries available to help investors and companies identify and license leading-edge energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.  The Portal is an online tool that links available DOE innovations to the entrepreneurs[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 January 2011 – Fish consumption has reached an all-time high and more people than ever are employed in or depend on the fisheries sector, according to a new United Nations report, which also warns that global fish stocks have not improved. “That there has been no improvement in[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 January 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for “revolutionary action” to achieve sustainable development, warning that the past century’s heedless consumption of resources is “a global suicide pact” with time running out to ensure an economic model for survival. “Let me highlight the one resource that is[Read More…]

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2011.  An NIH researcher has captured video images of a previously unknown form of communication between brain cells that might hold clues to the way learning shapes the brain. The videos, offered as a resource for educators teaching high school, undergraduate and graduate students, are available on[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2011.  Fifty years ago, a young President facing mounting pressure at home propelled a fledgling space agency on a bold, new course that would push the frontiers of exploration to new heights.  Today, on this Day of Remembrance when NASA reflects on the mighty sacrifices made to[Read More…]

  CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 27, 2011 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and Chicago Wilderness yesterday announced the winners of their annual Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards. “Native plants reduce the use of pesticides and valuable water resources,” said EPA Regional Administrator Susan Hedman. “EPA is pleased to recognize these outstanding examples[Read More…]

Experts estimate 24 billion gallons of sewage dumped into Great Lakes each year WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2011. In a display of bi-partisanship, Illinois’ two U.S. senators—Republican Mark Kirk and Democrat Dick Durbin—introduced legislation in Congress late last night to protect the Great Lakes from sewage dumping into the lakes. The Great[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2011.  The results are in: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 Game Day Challenge college football competition diverted 130,000 pounds of waste material from landfills in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. This achievement prevented the release of 181 metric tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent to the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2011.  Yesterday, the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce  announced a new agreement to further collaboration between the agencies on renewable energy modeling and weather forecasting, which will help enable the nation’s renewable energy resources to be used more effectively by business and entrepreneurs. The Memorandum[Read More…]

Mass. General-led study shows changes over time in areas associated with awareness, empathy, stress Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)– Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the January 30[Read More…]