DSCOVR is the linchpin of next-generation space weather forecasts Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2016. NOAA’s first space weather satellite, DSCOVR, has completed instrument validation and will go operational on July 27, when it will take over the role of monitoring potentially damaging space weather storms as they approach Earth. DSCOVR, which[Read More…]
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Sierra Club Launches ‘#ReadyFor100 National Tour’
9 U.S. cities to produce aerial art events featuring thousands of people in a giant ‘human sun’ formation to support 100% clean energy Aspen, CO —(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2016. The Sierra Club kicked off a nine-city “aerial art” national tour today as thousands of people gathered at the AREDAY Summit[Read More…]
CDC investigation: Blood Lead Levels Higher After Switch to Flint River Water
Stark reminder of dangers of lead exposure for young children Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2016. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released the results of its investigation into the potential health impact that lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan water supply had on the blood lead levels of[Read More…]
Litigants to Lawsuit Fighting Clean Power Plan Are Among the Worst Polluters in the World
Exhaust rises in front of piles of coal at NRG Energy Inc.’s W.A. Parish Electric Generating Station in Thompsons, Texas, in March 2011. SOURCE: AP/David J. Phillip Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2016. The litigants affiliated with the legal battle to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, or CPP, pumped more[Read More…]
Senators Request Update on Federal Marijuana Rescheduling Decision as Deadline Nears
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration[Read More…]
Study: Marijuana Smoking Linked With Short-Term Clinical Benefits In Patients With Bipolar Disorder
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. Cannabis inhalation is associated with the alleviation of clinical symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder (BPD), according to clinical findings published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE. Investigators at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in Boston assessed the effects of cannabis inhalation on mood and[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces First Step to Develop Wind Energy Offshore Hawaii
Advances Administration’s clean energy goals, supports Hawaii’s plan for a secure, sustainable energy future WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the first step to[Read More…]
Record 29 Million People Drug-dependent Worldwide; Heroin Use Up Sharply – UN Report
Drug dependence treatment in Myanmar. Photo: UNODC GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–23 June 2016 – The number of people suffering from drug use disorders has increased disproportionally for the first time in six years in 2014, while the number of people who used at least one drug stayed at five per cent of the[Read More…]
U.S. IOOS Awards $31m for Ocean Observing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. U.S. IOOS is proud to announce the awarding of over $31 million in grants to support ocean, coastal and Great Lakes observing efforts throughout the United States, Caribbean and Pacific. The funds are distributed primarily in the form of five-year cooperative agreements, augmented by funds from[Read More…]
Rates of Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder Double in 10 Years
Almost 10 million U.S. adults report misusing prescription opioids in 2012-2013 Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. Nonmedical use of prescription opioids more than doubled among adults in the United States from 2001-2002 to 2012-2013, based on a study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the[Read More…]
