Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2011. Big Oil and their allies are continuing to lust after huge profits at the expense and welfare of the American people by ignoring the recommendations released today by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling to improve safeguards for future[Read More…]
Environmental
Thriving ‘Middle Light’ Reefs Found in Puerto Rico
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011. NOAA-funded scientists have found extensive and biologically diverse coral ecosystems occurring at depths between 100-500 feet within a 12 mile span off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. With the overall health of shallow coral reefs and the abundance of reef fish in Puerto Rico in[Read More…]
NOAA Improves Marine and Weather Forecast Models for the Great Lakes
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011. NOAA is now using enhanced weather and marine forecast models for the Great Lakes that will extend forecasts from 36 hours to 60 hours into the future to better serve commercial and recreational mariners, the shipping industry, emergency responders, water resource managers and the private weather[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Seeks Delegates for Summer Science Education Camp
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn is calling on graduating high school seniors to apply for an opportunity to attend the National Youth Science Camp (NYSC) in West Virginia this summer. Students from across Illinois are encouraged to apply for a full scholarship to the month-long NYSC program. Two students[Read More…]
Federal Agencies Join Efforts to Reduce Radon Exposure
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2011 January is National Radon Action Month and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and eight other federal agencies are announcing a new effort to strengthen the fight against radon exposure. Radon exposure is the leading cause of non-smoking lung cancer. Senior leaders from the federal agencies are pledging[Read More…]
NOAA Finalizes Plans for 2011 Hydrographic Survey Season
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 29, 2010. As the new year approaches, NOAA ships and independent contractors are preparing for the nation’s 177th hydrographic surveying season, aiming to collect critically needed ocean and coastal mapping data for 2,525 square nautical miles in high-traffic coastal waters of the continental United States and Alaska. “The[Read More…]
New UN-Korean Partnership Aims to Boost Transfer of ‘Green’ Technologies
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 December 2010 – The United Nations today announced a new partnership with the Republic of Korea’s international development agency to facilitate the transfer of environmentally sound technologies to help Cambodia tackle pollution. The agreement signed in Vienna is the first between the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and[Read More…]
Costly Australian Floods Highlight Need for Disaster Mitigation Planning, UN Warns
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 December 2010 – With unpredictable and extreme weather the “new normal,” both developed and developing countries must plan ahead by anticipating the consequences of development or face increasing economic losses, according to the United Nations disaster mitigation secretariat. Citing torrential rains that have severely flooded parts of north-eastern[Read More…]
When the black hole was born
TAU astronomers identify the epoch of the first fast growth of black holes University of North Texas-(ENEWSPF)-Most galaxies in the universe, including our own Milky Way, harbor super-massive black holes varying in mass from about one million to about 10 billion times the size of our sun. To find them,[Read More…]
Comprehensive report on sudden oak death
10-year cooperative research effort provides basis for containment ALBANY, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Synthesizing more than 10 years of cooperative research on the exotic invasive, quarantine sudden oak death pathogen, the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) recently published "Sudden Oak Death and Phytophthora ramorum: A Summary of the Literature." This 181-page[Read More…]
