SAN BERNARDINO, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Three conservation groups filed a request with the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board last week to amend the permit of the Rapid Infiltration and Extraction (RIX) facility to require adequate water flows in the Santa Ana River for the federally protected Santa Ana sucker fish. Since[Read More…]
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California Addresses Ocean Acidification as Gov. Brown Signs A.B. 2139
Sacramento, CA-(ENEWSPF)-California took an important step toward addressing ocean acidification and hypoxia in its coastal waters this week when Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2139, which calls for the creation of a task force to study how changing ocean chemistry is affecting marine life and make recommendations to policymakers.[Read More…]
Study: Marijuana Use Linked To Lower BMI
Coral Gables, FL-(ENEWSPF)- Cannabis use is associated with lower body mass index (BMI) over time, according to data published in The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. Investigators at the University of Miami assessed the relationship between marijuana use and BMI in a nationally representative longitudinal sample (The National Longitudinal[Read More…]
HERA, the ‘Cosmic Dawn’ Telescope, Receives Major NSF Support
Charlottesville, VA-(ENEWSPF)- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has approved $9.5 million in funding to expand the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) – a multinational experiment to study how primordial galaxies forever changed the very early universe. This investment will increase the number of HERA antennas from 19 to 240 by[Read More…]
NASA Television to Air Launch of Next International Space Station Crew
NASA-(ENEWSPF)- Three crew members headed to the International Space Station are scheduled to launch on Friday, Sept. 23. Live launch coverage will begin at 1:15 p.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, along with cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will[Read More…]
Third Annual Mental Health Conference at Prairie State College Sept. 29
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)-Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the Third Annual Mental Health Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday Sept. 29, in the Conference Center of the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Illinois Senator Michael E. Hastings of the 19th Legislative District[Read More…]
Detailed Age Map Shows How Milky Way Came Together
Notre Dame, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way’s halo, University of Notre Dame astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed more than 13.5 billion years ago. Astrophysicist Daniela Carollo, research assistant professor in the Department[Read More…]
Court Orders Fish & Wildlife Service to Reexamine Lynx Critical Habitat
Feds Failed to Protect Key Habitat in Colorado MISSOULA, Mont. —(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016. Today the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana ordered the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to reconsider its decision to exclude the Canada lynx’s entire southern Rocky Mountain range, essential for the wildcat’s recovery,[Read More…]
July-like Heat To Bake Northeastern US This Week
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports July-like heat will make a comeback over the Northeastern United States this week as temperatures hit 10-15 degrees above average. Temperatures from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia, will hit 90 F or higher each day through Friday. New York City[Read More…]
Thursday, September 8 #NoDAPL: Chicago Indigenous & Black Organizers Support Native Water Protectors in North Dakota
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016 — Indigenous and Black activists in Chicago will hold vigil this Thursday night in support of #NoDAPL, over 2,000 Native protesters who are currently thwarting construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in Standing Rock, North Dakota. The vigil will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM[Read More…]
