Hand axe pre-form. For more information, please see figure S5 in the Supporting Online Material, and for Additional Assemblage C material, please see Figure 2 in the manuscript. (Image © Science/AAAS) Humans may have found the Arabian Peninsula as long as 125,000 years ago Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Artifacts unearthed in the[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 24, 2011. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced the settlement of a natural resource damages case that will result in ecosystem restoration projects to preserve waterways and enhance wildlife habitat on and near the[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has introduced a new, web-based tool that aims to protect pesticide-sensitive crops by improving communication between growers and commercial pesticide applicators. Driftwatch™ is an online program that allows organic and specialty growers to enter the location of their fields on[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. While wet and snowy weather has dominated the western U.S., persistent drought conditions are likely to linger in the Southern Plains and Southeast through mid to late spring, according to NOAA’s National Weather Service. La Niña has kept storms and most of their precipitation in the[Read More…]

GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2011. Scientists from Oxford University have made a significant step towards an ultrafast quantum computer by successfully generating 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon for the first time – entanglement is the key ingredient that promises to make quantum computers far more powerful than conventional[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan on Wednesday to announce a cooperative agreement to develop and adapt hydraulic hybrid technology for the light duty auto market. The goal of this partnership is to design a Chrysler[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2011. U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced yesterday that states and territories across the country have now weatherized more than 300,000 low-income homes under the Recovery Act, a major milestone in the Department’s efforts to reduce home energy bills for families.  This means that states are now[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2011. Today, a coalition of clear air advocates is acting to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to fulfill their obligations to protect the nation’s largest and most scenic national parks, wilderness areas, and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2011.  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today two new initiatives to promote tribal energy development and continue strengthening the partnership between the Department of Energy and tribal nations. Up to $10 million will be available this year through DOE’s Tribal Energy Program to support the evaluation, development[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2011. Today, the Center for American Progress released a paper called “CLEAN Contracts: Making Clean Local Energy Accessible Now,” along with co-authors from Groundswell and the Energy Action Coalition. This paper looks at the one policy that has helped bring more renewable electricity into the marketplace than[Read More…]