Justices Order Court that Hears Patent Cases to Reconsider Decision That Limited Access to Crucial Genetic Testing NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court today set aside a ruling that allowed a company to patent two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer and limit access to potentially life-saving[Read More…]
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In Effort to Protect Public Health, Groups Seek Fracking Chemical Information
Asking court to force Wyoming to reveal information about toxins pumped into ground Casper, WY–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2012. In an effort to help protect the public from exposure to toxic chemicals, the Powder River Basin Resource Council, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Earthworks and OMB Watch are asking a court to require the[Read More…]
Artemis: the ATV Whisperer
Artemis satellite artist’s view EU–(ENEWSPF)–26 March 2012. ESA’s Artemis communications satellite is in action again to ensure the safe arrival of Europe’s third Automated Transfer Vehicle at the International Space Station with vital supplies. Containing fresh supplies of fuel, water, oxygen, air, food, clothing, experiments and spare parts, ATV Edoardo[Read More…]
Landmark Court Decision Compels FDA to Act on Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2012. Organic and sustainable agriculture advocates achieved a milestone victory on March 23 when a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must act promptly to determine whether to ban subtherapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock. The ruling is the latest step in[Read More…]
Belgium-France-Netherlands-United States Joint Statement: Minimization of HEU and the Reliable Supply of Medical Radioisotopes
SEOUL–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2012. Gathered in Seoul on the occasion of the second Nuclear Security Summit, leaders of Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United States reaffirm their commitment to minimize the use of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) for civilian purposes, where technically and economically feasible, in order to advance the[Read More…]
Italy Fact Sheet: Nuclear Security Summit 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2012. Between the 1960s and mid-1980s, Italy had an ambitious nuclear power research program which included heavy water, boiling water, light water, and fast reactors. In 1979, Italy signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which reaffirmed its commitment to be nuclear weapons free. In 1987, through a referendum,[Read More…]
Trilateral Announcement Between Mexico, the United States, and Canada on Nuclear Security
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2012. At the March 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, the Governments of Mexico, the United States, and Canada announced the completion of an important joint nuclear security project to convert the fuel in Mexico’s research reactor from highly enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched[Read More…]
A Man Named Fritz, A Process Called Fracking . . . And Your Front Lawn
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2012. Fritz Haber, one of the two men who made cheap synthetic chemical lawn fertilizer possible. IF YOU’RE LIKE MILLIONS OF NORTH AMERICANS this weekend, you might have mowed your lawn for the first time. It probably felt good and smelled good, too, with all that freshly[Read More…]
Hunger Games Offers New Hope for the Dandelion
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2012 This dandelion, growing in a sidewalk, was spotted this morning. I spotted my first dandelion today. Warmed by the surrounding pavement, it was popping up through a corner crack in a sidewalk. Every year when the first dandelion sighting happens, usually later than this year, I quietly[Read More…]
More Than A Million People Send Message: Stop Bee-Killing Pesticide in its Tracks
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2012. It has taken several years for science to catch up with common sense in the nonsense known as colony collapse disorder in bees. It was obvious to us more than five years ago that a class of pesticides known as neonicotines — imidacloprid, chothianidin and others —[Read More…]
