Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. MODERATOR: Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. We are pleased today to have Assistant Secretary Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, who will discuss the Keystone pipeline. She’ll have some opening remarks, followed by your questions.[Read More…]
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Study Finds New Way to Predict MS Diagnosis in Children
Toronto, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. Early MRI scans can help predict the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) in children, which may permit earlier initiation of treatment, according to a new national study. The study was led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Toronto and was performed[Read More…]
Greenhouse Gas Index Continues Climbing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011 NOAA’s Patricia Lang prepares to measure greenhouse gas levels inside a flask that is part of NOAA’s global air sampling network. Network measurements, made from remote sites around the world, are critical to NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, an annual measure of the heating effect of[Read More…]
NOAA Awards Grant to Develop a Biofilter to Remove Algal Toxins From the Great Lakes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. NOAA has awarded a team of scientists $182,982 for the first year of an anticipated four-year $703,777 project for research that could lead to an instrument, called a biofilter, that could break down harmful algal toxins in the Great Lakes into harmless byproducts. This project will[Read More…]
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Subcommittee on Shale Gas Production Posts Draft Report
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. The Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Subcommittee (SEAB) on Shale Gas Production released its second and final ninety-day report reviewing the progress that has been made in implementing the twenty recommendations in its initial report of August 18, 2011. The Subcommittee was tasked with producing a[Read More…]
Obama Delays Keystone XL Review
Obama administration delays, explores reroute of and plans new review of Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. The Obama administration announced today that it will delay its review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline to explore a new route and conduct a new[Read More…]
Senate Rejects Extremist Attacks on Clean Air, Health Protections
NRDC: “Pollution Doesn’t Create Jobs, It Kills People” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. The Senate today rightly stopped two more assaults on clean air aimed at voiding the Environmental Protection Agency’s protections against dangerous smog, soot, mercury and other toxic pollution. S. 1720, sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was aimed at[Read More…]
New Study Shows Smokers Underutilize Proven Treatment and Services for Quitting
70 percent of smokers want to quit as nation approaches the Great American Smokeout Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. Most American adults who smoke wish they could quit, and more than half have tried within the past year, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The[Read More…]
New Studies Dispel Myth of Organic ‘Elitism’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. Two new studies released last week add further proof that the popularity of organic food is not just an elitist trend. One report by the Organic Trade Association (OTA), The 2011 U.S. Families’ Organic Attitudes and Beliefs Study, finds that 78 percent of U.S. families purchase[Read More…]
Stem Cell Approach Primes Immune System to Fight Cancer
Unkited Kingdom–(ENEWSPF)–10 November 2011. Stem cell techniques have been used in the lab as a new way of priming the body’s own immune cells to attack cancer, in a proof-of-principle study by Oxford University scientists. The technical advance opens up the possibility of using stem cells derived from a patient’s[Read More…]
