Alexandria, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. Today, Mayor William D. Euille of Alexandria and GenOn Energy, Inc. announced the planned retirement of the Potomac River Generating Station, a sixty-two year old coal-fired power plant on the banks of the Potomac River in Alexandria. The announcement set the retirement date for October 1,[Read More…]
Science
NOAA, France Partner in Historic Effort to Protect North Atlantic Humpback Whales
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. A humpback whale feeds in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.(Credit: NOAA) NOAA and France’s Protected Areas Agency have signed a “sister sanctuary” agreement to support the protection of endangered humpback whales that migrate annually more than 3,000 miles between NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off[Read More…]
Actress Daryl Hannah Arrested During Protest in Front of White House to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline
Washington—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2011. Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah was arrested today during a sit-in in front of the White House protesting the expansion of a pipeline expansion project that would significantly increase the amount of oil the United States imports from Canada’s controversial Alberta oil sands. Hannah was among[Read More…]
Researchers Convert Cells From Uterine Lining Into Insulin-Producing Cells
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have converted stem cells from the human endometrium into insulin-producing cells and transplanted them into mice to control the animals’ diabetes. The endometrium, or uterine lining, is a source of adult stem cells. Normally, these cells generate uterine[Read More…]
Vice President Biden Announces New Private Sector Backing for Five Pioneering Energy Companies
ARPA-E Awardees Attract Another $100 Million to Advance Clean Energy Technologies WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. Speaking at the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0 today in Las Vegas, Nevada, Vice President Joe Biden announced another promising milestone for the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E): five innovative companies that[Read More…]
Company Boss: TruGreen ‘Didn’t Meet Expectations’
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. The ConsumerAffairs.com web site features hundreds of pages of complaints about TruGreen (ChemLawn) lawn care. In a surprisingly candid interview with his hometown newspaper, the Memphis Daily News, the CEO of ServiceMaster offered up yet another scathing commentary on the performance of TruGreen, the company formerly known[Read More…]
Paving the Way to Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Cambridge, Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. Concrete is one of the most extensively used materials worldwide — on average, more than two tons per year of the rock-like stuff is produced for every man, woman and child on Earth, making its use second only to water. And that vast amount of new[Read More…]
Localizing Language in the Brain
New study pinpoints areas of the brain used exclusively for language, providing a partial answer to a longstanding debate in cognitive science. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2011. New research from MIT suggests that there are parts of our brain dedicated to language and only language, a finding that marks a major[Read More…]
New Study Links Pesticide Exposure to Prostate Cancer
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. A new study finds that older men living in California’s Central Valley are more likely to develop prostate cancer if they were exposed to certain agricultural pesticides than those who were not exposed. The study examines exposure via drift rather than occupational exposure, although similar results[Read More…]
National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Katia Slowly Strengthening Over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic, August 30, 2011
Miami, Florida—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2011 – 11 AM AST. The National Hurricane Center is reporting that Tropical Storm Katia is slowly strengthening over the eastern tropical Atlantic. As of this report, Katia is located 12.3 N, 33.4 W, about 640 miles (1010 km) WSW of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands. Maximum[Read More…]
