Audubon calls for California officials to build on momentum to avoid a public health crisis and to save critical bird sites. Eared Grebe. Photo: Melissa Groo/Audubon Photography Awards LAKE TAHOE, Calif. –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Hailing a new agreement between officials from the State of California and the Federal Government renewing[Read More…]
Environmental
Climate Change ‘Tug of War’ Keeps Scientists Guessing on Storm Tracks
Multiple environmental influences complicate climate predictions A new study finds that human-induced climate change complicates projecting the future positioning of storms. Courtesy of: NASA GOES Project Science Office CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 By Greg Borzo Storm tracks—regions where storms travel from west to east across oceans and continents driven by the[Read More…]
Obama Administration Launches Second Year of Every Kid in a Park Pass (Video)
Fourth graders can obtain pass that grants free access to federal lands and waters nationwide for them and their family WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. As part of President Obama’s commitment to protect our nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them,[Read More…]
NASA Sees Hurricane Lester Move into Central Pacific Ocean Basin
HAWAII–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Hurricane Lester continues to march to the west and NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite saw the storm as it was crossing from the Eastern Pacific to the Central Pacific Ocean and triggered new hurricane watches for Hawaii. On Aug. 31 at 6:50 p.m. EDT (22:50 UTC) the VIIRS[Read More…]
NASA’s GPM Sees Increasingly Organized Tropical Storm Hermine — Formerly Tropical Depression 09 Atlantic Ocean (Video)
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission known as GPM found intense storms in Tropical Storm Hermine as it continued to strengthen and organize in the Gulf of Mexico. On Sept. 1 there are many warnings and watches posted along the Florida coast as Hermine is forecast to track[Read More…]
NOAA Grants to Aid Marine Mammal Rescue and Stranding Programs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Today, NOAA Fisheries awarded nearly $3 million in grants to support the conservation and recovery of protected marine species through stranding response and marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation. Through the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program, NOAA awarded 32 grants to nonprofit organizations,[Read More…]
Extreme Temperatures Could Increase Preterm Birth Risk
NIH researchers find more preterm births among women exposed to extremes of hot and cold Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Extreme hot or cold temperatures during pregnancy may increase the risk of preterm birth, according to study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The study authors found that extremes[Read More…]
Genetic ‘Extinction’ Technology Rejected by International Group of Scientists, Conservationists and Environmental Advocates
OAHU, HAWAI’I —(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. As thousands of government representatives and conservationists convene in Oahu this week for the 2016 World Conservation Congress, international conservation and environmental leaders are raising awareness about the potentially dangerous use of gene drives — a controversial new synthetic biology technology intended to deliberately cause[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Lead Emissions at 20,000 U.S. Airports Threaten Community Health
Evidence linking ill-health to airborne lead emissions requires swift action from the EPA WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. A new report documents how small airplanes at 20,000 U.S. airports still emit toxic lead. Aviation fuel currently accounts for 50 percent of all airborne lead emissions and the Environmental Protection Agency[Read More…]
Justice Department Sues to Block Deere’s Acquisition of Precision Planting
Acquisition Would Eliminate Deere’s Only Effective Competitor in High-Speed Precision Planting Systems Market ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2016. The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today seeking to block Deere & Company’s proposed acquisition of Precision Planting LLC from Monsanto Company in order to preserve competition in the market for high-speed[Read More…]
