Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently announced the availability of a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) that evaluates the potential environmental effects of deregulating (commercializing) sugar beets genetically engineered (GE) to be resistant to the herbicide glyphosate, commonly[Read More…]
Science
CDC Reports Excessive Alcohol Consumption Cost the U.S. $224 Billion in 2006
Most of the costs were due to binge drinking Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2011. The cost of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States in 2006 reached $223.5 billion or about $1.90 per drink, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost three–quarters of these[Read More…]
California Medical Association Adopts Official Policy to Legalize Marijuana
Rescheduling of drug and legalization allows for more conclusive research CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2011. The California Medical Association (CMA) has adopted official policy that recommends legalization and regulation of cannabis. The decision was based on a white paper concluding physicians should have access to better research, which is not possible under[Read More…]
Protest Against GMO Lawns, Alfalfa & Food is Lost Amid Occupy Movement
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2011 Yesterday’s anti-GMO rally in Washington was lost in the din of the Occupy movement. From a public relations perspective, yesterday’s Right to Know rally in Washington was a bit of a bust. Did you even know about it? I didn’t, and I like to think I pay[Read More…]
Teen Drivers 50 Percent More Likely to Crash in First Month of Unsupervised Driving Than After First Year Behind the Wheel
AURORA, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–Oct 17, 2011— According to a new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, teen drivers are approximately 50 percent more likely to crash in the first month of driving than they are after a full year of experience driving on their own, and are nearly twice as[Read More…]
Afghanistan: Doctors Without Borders Opens Surgical Hospital in Kunduz
KABUL–(ENEWSPF)–OCTOBER 17, 2011 – As violent conflict continues in northern Afghanistan, the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened a 55-bed surgical hospital in Kunduz Province. Fighting over the last year in Kunduz has led to large numbers of people who have sustained bomb blast, shrapnel,[Read More…]
CryoSat Rocking and Rolling
EU–(ENEWSPF)–17 October 2011. ESA’s ice satellite is rolling left and right in orbit to help it continue its precise measurements of the vast ice sheets that blanket Greenland and Antarctica. Since its launch 18 months ago, CryoSat-2 has been collecting data to improve our understanding of the relationship between[Read More…]
New Analysis: Indian Point Nuclear Plant Can be Replaced with Cleaner, Safer Energy
Human and Financial Cost of Nuclear Crisis in New York Could Exceed Japan’s Fukushima Disaster NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2011. A wide range of safer, cleaner energy options is available to replace Indian Point Energy Center if the nuclear plant is not relicensed in 2015, according to an independent analysis commissioned[Read More…]
Facebook, NRDC, and Opower Partner to Develop a New Social Energy Application
Joint effort aims to motivate hundreds of millions of people to take action, become more energy efficient, and help protect the environment ARLINGTON, Va., PALO ALTO, Calif., and WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 17, 2011 –Facebook, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Opower today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to use the power[Read More…]
Residents Battle with City Park District To Prevent Toxic Pesticide Use
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2011. Backlash from local residents in an Illinois city has pressured park officials to keep chemical pesticides off of athletic fields, successfully stopping a planned chemical treatment in November and postponing the city’s decision to spray until they hear more from concerned residents and turf experts. For[Read More…]
