MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Lips quivered on ashen faces. Hair stood on forearms. Heads shook and, in some cases, tears formed. The forum, at the Acres USA conference in Columbus, Ohio, last Friday, lasted two and a half hours. For 150 minutes, Dr. Don Huber dispassionately laid out fact after fact,[Read More…]
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Public Makes Voice Heard at National Organic Standards Board Meeting
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Continuing a long tradition of public participation in setting organic standards, more than one thousand people submitted comments leading up to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meeting in Savannah, GA between November 30 and December 1. View webcast of 4-day meeting. The comments were in[Read More…]
Governor LePage Undermines Maine’s Green-Building Economy, Sets Back Sustainable Forestry
New Executive Order Promotes Unsustainably-Harvested Wood NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Maine’s Governor, Paul LePage, signed an Executive Order last week permitting the use of unsustainably-harvested wood in the construction of green buildings. LePage’s action undermines the state’s growing green building and sustainable forestry industries, according to the Natural Resources Defense[Read More…]
Gene Therapy Helps Patients With Hemophilia B
NIH-funded experimental treatment enhances body’s ability to produce key clotting factor Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. An experimental gene therapy technique boosted the production of a vital blood clotting factor in six people with hemophilia B, according to new research supported by the National Institutes of Health. The therapy could give[Read More…]
NDAR Federation Creates Largest Source of Autism Research Data to Date
NIH-funded database sets standard for collaboration and data sharing Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. A data partnership between the National Database for Autism Research (NDAR), and the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) positions NDAR as possibly the largest repository to date of genetic, phenotypic, clinical, and medical imaging data related to[Read More…]
First U.S. Cell-based Flu Vaccine Plant Set for Dedication
Facility’s ability to produce cell-based pandemic flu vaccine marks historic change Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. The first U.S. facility to use a faster and more flexible technology to make influenza vaccine was dedicated today, as part of an initiative that could provide vaccine supplies sooner in an influenza pandemic. The[Read More…]
Secretary General Ban Welcomes Climate Change Deal Reached at UN Conference in Durban
South Africa–(ENEWSPF)–11 December 2011. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today the set of decisions reached by countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, saying they represent a significant agreement that will define how the international community will address climate change in the coming years. After extended negotiations[Read More…]
Navy Ship Sinking Pollutes Sea with Toxic PCBs
EPA sued for failure to regulate ocean dumping of PCBs San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. Today, conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ongoing failure to adequately regulate a federal ship sinking program that pollutes the sea with toxic chemicals. Earthjustice, on behalf of the Basel[Read More…]
Proteins Linked to Longevity May Be Involved in Mood Control
Excess of sirtuins can produce anxiety, a possible evolutionary adaptation to dietary restriction. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2011. Over the past decade, MIT biologist Leonard Guarente and others have shown that very-low-calorie diets provoke a comprehensive physiological response that promotes survival, all orchestrated by a set of proteins called sirtuins. In[Read More…]
Wildlife Broadcasters and Film-makers ‘Should Pay for Ecosystem Services’
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2011. Media corporations that make and broadcast wildlife programmes and films should pay towards the cost of nature conservation under an existing innovative funding mechanism for the ‘use of ecosystem services’. The idea has been put forward in a paper in Science, led by an Oxford academic,[Read More…]
