Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Members of Congress have approved a short-term spending bill keeping in place existing budgetary provisions protecting those who engage in the state-sanctioned use and dispensing of medical cannabis from federal prosecution by the Department of Justice. The amendment, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment, maintains that federal[Read More…]
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7 Iconic Views at Risk from Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Climate change is the biggest threat to our national parks. It’s not just a future threat — we’re seeing the impacts right now at national parks and other public lands across the country. We must #ActOnClimate to ensure that current and future generations can enjoy America’s most[Read More…]
Hurricane Matthew To Hit Florida, East Coast As A Category 4 Storm Friday Morning
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports Hurricane Matthew will affect millions along the southeastern United States coast from Florida to Georgia and the Carolinas with flooding, power outages and damaging winds into this weekend. The curved path along the coast will create a fire hose effect of[Read More…]
Study Finds Fossil Fuel Methane Emissions Greater Than Previously Estimated
But energy development is not responsible for global methane uptick Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2016. Methane emissions from fossil fuel development around the world are up to 60 percent greater than estimated by previous studies, according to new research led by scientists from NOAA and CIRES. The study found that fossil[Read More…]
DePaul University Researchers Describe New Large Prehistoric Shark
The new shark species named ‘paradoxodon,’ or paradoxical teeth, comes from the fact that the shark appears to have emerged suddenly in the geologic record with a yet unresolved nearly 45-million-year gap from when Megalolamna possibly split from its closest relative Otodus. The international research team who based their discovery[Read More…]
Alaska Offshore Oil Discovery Could Further Imperil Polar Bears, Lock in Disastrous Climate Change Scenarios
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. This week’s announcement by Caelus Energy that it discovered, and intends to develop, a massive offshore oil field in Alaska’s Smith Bay could push polar bears closer to extinction and help lock in the worst climate change scenarios predicted by scientists, the Center for Biological[Read More…]
Update Oct. 6, 2016 — NASA Sees Hurricane Matthew Moving Through the Bahamas (Video)
MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Satellites continue to provide forecasters and scientists valuable data on the development and changes in Hurricane Matthew as it moves through the Bahamas and toward the Florida coast. NASA and NOAA satellites have provided visible, infrared and microwave data that enable forecasters to analyze the storm. The[Read More…]
American Red Cross Deploys Local Volunteers to Prepare Communities for Hurricane Matthew
Download EMERGENCY APP to Get Ready for the Storm Now Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The American Red Cross of Chicago & Northern Illinois today deployed two local volunteers to prepare coastal communities for Hurricane Matthew expected to make landfall in the United States this week. Hurricane Matthew is headed toward the East Coast[Read More…]
Case of Earth’s Missing Continental Crust Solved: It Sank
Mantle swallowed massive chunk of Eurasia and India, study finds UChicago scientists have concluded that half the original mass of Eurasia and India disappeared into the Earth’s interior before the two continents began their slow-motion collision approximately 60 million years ago. The participating UChicago scientists are (from left) Miquela Ingalls,[Read More…]
NOAA’s GOES-R Weather Satellite Readies for Historic Launch
Cascade of forecast improvements anticipated Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2016. October 4, 2016 In just 30 days, the first of NOAA’s long-awaited, next-generation geostationary weather satellites launches into space, paving the way for faster, more accurate forecasts and warnings. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R, known as GOES-R, is scheduled to launch[Read More…]
