Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2011. The country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), with the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC), today appealed a recent decision by the federal government to keep marijuana classified as a dangerous drug with no medical value. The appeal to the D.C. Circuit[Read More…]
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Atlantis and Crew Welcomed Home for Final Time
Image above: Space shuttle Atlantis lands for the final time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls › View larger image CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2011. Wrapping up 30 years of unmatched achievements and blazing a trail for the next era of U.S. human spaceflight, NASA’s[Read More…]
Puffins ‘Scout Out’ Best Migration Route
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–21 July 2011. Individual Atlantic puffins ‘scout out’ their own migration routes rather than relying on genetic ‘programming’ or learning routes from a parent, a new study suggests. The evidence comes from research by a team from Oxford University and Microsoft Research Cambridge which used BAS geolocater tags to[Read More…]
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida Lead List of “Toxic 20” States with Most Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants
Worst States: OH, PA, FL, KY, MD, IN, MI, WV, GA, NC, SC, AL, TX, VA, TN, MO, IL, WI, NH, IA WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 20, 2011. Residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida live in states with the most toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, according to an analysis[Read More…]
Promise to Protect Marine Life at Risk as Oil Drilling Threatens South West Oceans
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Gillard Government risks its election promise to establish a network of marine parks that properly protects marine life unless it increases the number and size of sanctuary areas in its Draft Plan for the south west waters of Australia, a new analysis has found. In a report[Read More…]
Tell Bath and Body Works to ‘Spread Love and Not Toxics’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 20, 2011. With flavors like “tangelo orange twist,” and “sugar lemon fizz,” popular body care chain, Bath and Body Works, has marketed an entire line of antibacterial body care products to teens and young adults. Unfortunately, these products contain the toxic hormone disruptor and water contaminant, triclosan, which[Read More…]
Quinn Administration Spotlights Importance of Early Childhood Development
OAK LAWN–(ENEWSPF)–July 20, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn’s Office of Early Childhood Development today convened a high-level conference of researchers and policy makers to review state-of-the-art developments in the field of early childhood development. The goal of the conference, which is co-sponsored by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)[Read More…]
Salazar Announces $37.4 Million for State and Local Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Projects
WASHINGTON DC –(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2011. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced $37.4 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in state grants to establish and renovate parks and open spaces throughout the 50 States, the Territories and the District of Columbia for Fiscal Year 2011. LWCF state[Read More…]
U.S. Department of Energy and Ad Council Launch Consumer Education Campaign: Save Money by Saving Energy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2011. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ad Council today launched a national consumer education campaign to help consumers save money on utility bills. Created pro bono by Texas-based advertising agency GSD&M, the public service advertisements (PSAs), aim to help consumers save money on their energy[Read More…]
Departments of Energy, Defense Partner to Install Fuel Cell Backup Power Units at Eight Military Installations
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 19, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that as part of an interagency partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to strengthen American energy security and develop new clean energy technologies, DOD will be installing and operating 18 fuel cell backup power systems at[Read More…]
