Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2011. The Sierra Club announced today that this past weekend, the Washington State Senate approved a landmark agreement between the Sierra Club, Governor Chris Gregoire and TransAlta to phase out the state’s massive 1600MW coal plant between 2020 and 2025. This agreement continues Washington’s transition away from[Read More…]
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New Website Tracks Coastal, Ocean Investments and Successes by State
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2011. NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) has launched a new interactive web page that shows the scope of coastal program investments and successes in NOAA’s 34 partner states and territories. Using the latest GIS/web technology, OCRM in Your State lets users click on[Read More…]
EPA Awards $32 Million to Understand Health Impacts of Air Pollution
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2011. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $32 million to fund four new Clean Air Research Centers at universities conducting cutting edge air pollution research. The research will focus on the impacts of air pollution mixtures on people’s health. It is important to understand the health risks[Read More…]
NIH Study Examines Best Time for Healthy HIV-infected People to Begin Antiretrovirals
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2011. A major new clinical trial seeks to determine whether HIV-infected asymptomatic individuals have less risk of developing AIDS or other serious illness if they begin taking antiretrovirals sooner rather than later, based on their level of CD4+ T-cells. An HIV-infected individual’s level of CD4+ T-cells —[Read More…]
US Discriminates on Right to Safe Water and Sanitation, Says UN Expert
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 March 2011 – The United States must do more to eliminate discrimination in access to safe drinking water and sanitation, an independent United Nations expert reported today, citing wide disparities that adversely affect people of colour and Native Americans. “I am concerned that several laws, policies and practices,[Read More…]
NASA’s Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2011. NASA’s Glory mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST failed to reach orbit. Telemetry indicated the fairing, the protective shell atop the Taurus XL rocket, did not separate as expected about three minutes after launch. The new Earth-observing satellite was[Read More…]
FDA Modifies Boxed Warning for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Drug Letairis
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENWSPF)–March 4, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that monthly liver enzyme tests are no longer required for those taking Letairis tablets (ambrisentan), used to treat high blood pressure in the vessels that carry blood to the lungs (pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH). Citing data[Read More…]
National Ocean Observing System to See Marine Animal Migration, Adaptation Strategies
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2011. For the first time, data from electronic tags attached to marine animals will be incorporated into the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®). The addition of this biological component will help scientists better understand how marine animals move with the flow of tides and currents and[Read More…]
Audubon Warns of Fraudulent Renewal Offers
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2011. In recent months, a handful of Audubon members (five that we know of, to date) have received renewal offers from fraudulent companies asking them to renew or extend their membership to AUDUBON magazine. The following companies do not represent National Audubon Society, Inc: Publishers Billing[Read More…]
Presidential Proclamation–Save Your Vision Week
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2011. Across America, millions of men and women experience vision loss or are affected by low vision or blindness. During Save Your Vision Week, we reinforce the importance of routine eye care and remind all Americans to take action to safeguard their eyesight. Vision is important[Read More…]
