WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2011. In a meeting with the President’s Special Assistant for the Great Lakes, Cam Davis, and Chairman of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, John Goss, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today vowed to work to protect funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The Continuing Resolution[Read More…]
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Arch Coal to Pay $4 Million to Settle Clean Water Act Violations in Appalachian Mining Operations
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2011. Arch Coal Inc., the second largest supplier of coal in the United States, has agreed to pay a $4 million penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice[Read More…]
EPA Report Underscores Clean Air Act’s Successful Public Health Protections
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2011. A report released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that the benefits of reducing fine particle and ground level ozone pollution under the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments will reach approximately $2 trillion in 2020 while saving 230,000 people from early death in that[Read More…]
GuLF STUDY to Follow 55,000 Cleanup Workers and Volunteers for Up to 10 Years
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2011. A new study that will look at possible health effects of the Gulf of Mexico’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 55,000 cleanup workers and volunteers began yesterday in towns across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The GuLF STUDY (Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study) is the largest health[Read More…]
U.S. Department of Energy and Masdar Collaborate In Testing Cutting-Edge Solar PV Coating Technologies
Abu Dhabi-UAE–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multifaceted renewable energy initiative, announced that they will collaborate to test the performance of specially coated solar photovoltaic modules designed to avoid the moisture and cementation problems currently faced by PV module producers worldwide and prevent[Read More…]
Helping Local Migratory Birds
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2011. On Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. at the Park Forest Library, 400 Lakewood Blvd., Park Forest, Thorn Creek Audubon Society will sponsor a presentation given by Judy Pollack, Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon Chicago Region and Coordinator of the Illinois Important Bird Areas[Read More…]
‘Gasland’ to be Screened at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2011. The environmental movie ‘Gasland’ will be shown on Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest. This documentary journeys across American to examine the negative impacts of ‘fracking’ (drilling for natural gas), from poisoned water sources,[Read More…]
NASA’S Shuttle Discovery Heads To Space Station On Its Final Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2011. The final flight of space shuttle Discovery lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 4:53 p.m. EST Thursday to deliver a new module and critical supplies to the International Space Station. The STS-133 mission is delivering the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM), a facility created[Read More…]
Rare Gene Glitch May Hold Clues for Schizophrenia – NIH-funded Study
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2011. Scientists are eyeing a rare genetic glitch for clues to improved treatments for some people with schizophrenia (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml) — even though they found the mutation in only one third of 1 percent of patients. In the study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health,[Read More…]
EPA Issues Final Standard to Protect Americans from Boilers’ Toxic Air Pollution
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2011. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a final health standard that will limit emissions of mercury, lead, arsenic, acid gases and other toxic pollutants from industrial boilers. This commonsense air toxics safeguard, often called the “Boiler MACT (Maximum Available Control Technology),” will save thousands of[Read More…]
