“Extraordinary project weaves the sounds of many cultures that share a great migratory pathways with millions of birds” (Bill Ellzey) Listen to music from Flyways New York–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2012. Grammy-winning saxophonist Paul Winter will receive the John James Audubon Center Award for Art Inspiring Conservation (AIC), just prior to a special[Read More…]
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Energy Department Announces Small Modular Reactor Technology Partnerships at Savannah River Site
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2012. The U.S. Energy Department and its Savannah River Site (SRS) announced today three public-private partnerships to develop deployment plans for small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) technologies at SRS facilities, near Aiken, South Carolina. As part of the Energy Department’s commitment to advancing the next generation of[Read More…]
Court Denies Attempt to Stall Pollution Controls for New Mexico Coal-Burning Plant
Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2012. A federal court ruled today that New Mexico power company PNM must comply with a decision last fall requiring the utility to install pollution controls to significantly cut the 16,000 tons a year of harmful haze, ozone, and fine particle-producing nitrogen pollution that pours from the[Read More…]
Judge Dismisses Case Against Monsanto, Organic Farmers To Appeal
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2012. A U.S. District Court Judge on February 24 dismissed the case of Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto and organic farmers, seed growers, and agricultural organizations vowed to fight on. The plaintiffs filed this lawsuit to shield farmers from being sued for[Read More…]
Court Orders New Study of Boat Buoys on Lake Tahoe
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency must examine impact of all illegal buoys already in use San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2012. On February 29th, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) acted illegally in not analyzing the boat pollution impacts for[Read More…]
EPA Proposes to Exempt Heavily Polluting Power Plants from the Best Pollution Controls Across the Eastern Half of the Country
Conservation groups ask EPA to abandon proposal Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2012. Conservation groups filed comments this week opposing an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to exempt power plants from rules that improve air quality in national parks and wilderness areas and protect public health from the damaging effects of haze[Read More…]
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: ‘Bureaucratic Hurdles … Interfere With Legitimate Cannabis Research’
Rochester, MN–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2012. Federal officials should reclassify cannabis under federal law and permit “long-stifled research into a potential trove of (the plant’s) therapeutic applications,” according to review published in the February issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The[Read More…]
Synthetic Cannabinoid Halts Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis, Study Says
Madrid, Spain–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2012. The administration of a cannabinoid agonist halts the advancement of multiple sclerosis, according to preclinical data to be published in the journal Neuropharmacology. Investigators at Complutense University in Madrid assessed the impact of WIN55,512-2, a synthetic cannabinoid agonist, in an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS).[Read More…]
Sierra Club Accepting Applications for The Best Internship on Earth
An exceptional opportunity blending job experience with adventure, young adults vie to participate in meaningful outdoor experiences with Sierra Club’s youth outings programs around the country SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2012. Internships and real-world experience continue to be a valued component in the competitive job market. For the third year, the Sierra[Read More…]
Environmental Groups Continue Fight against LNG Fracking
Asks Federal Environmental Agencies to Protest Export Facilities Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2012. Today multiple environmental organizations called on the President’s chief environmental advisor asking for a full environmental analysis of plans to export liquefied natural gas (LNG). The letter to the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency[Read More…]
