Individuals and organizations honored for work to reduce climate-related threats to America’s natural resources WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)– Jun e 7, 2016. For raising awareness and addressing the impacts of climate change on America’s natural resources, seven awardees were recently recognized as the first recipients of the Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for[Read More…]
Science
LISA Pathfinder Exceeds Expectations
LISA Pathfinder in space EU–(ENEWSPF)–7 June 2016. ESA’s LISA Pathfinder mission has demonstrated the technology needed to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory.Results from only two months of science operations show that the two cubes at the heart of the spacecraft are falling freely through space under the influence of[Read More…]
NASA Sees Colin Come Calling on the U.S. Southeast
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Tropical Storm Colin moved fast after making landfall in northwestern Florida on June 6 and by the morning of June 7, it was centered off the coast of North and South Carolina. NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites and NOAA’s GOES-East satellite provided a look at the storm[Read More…]
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Expansion Proposed
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016 Building on more than 30 years of scientific studies, including numerous reports released in the last decade and in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, NOAA today announced a proposal to expand Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to protect additional critical[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Obama Administration Withdraws Dangerous Fossil Fuel Leasing Near Chaco Canyon National Park
Farmington, NM –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew three parcels of public land totalling 2,122 acres near Chaco Canyon National Park from consideration for fossil fuel development. In April, the Sierra Club along with members of the Navajo Tribe and a broad coalition of national[Read More…]
Better Water System Maintenance Needed to Prevent Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreaks
New toolkit offers practical tips for reducing germ’s growth, spread in building water systems Water Management problems can lead to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks. Entire infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 7 2016. More effective water management might have prevented most of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks CDC investigated from 2000 through 2014, according[Read More…]
139-square-mile Fracking Plan in Wyoming Prompts Legal Protest
Groups Call on BLM to Cancel Massive Fossil Fuel Development That Threatens Climate, Water, Greater Sage Grouse JACKSON, Wyo.—(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Conservation groups filed a formal administrative protest on Friday challenging a massive Bureau of Land Management plan to auction off 139 square miles of publicly owned fossil fuels[Read More…]
Conservationists Intervene on Behalf of Gray Wolf Reintroduction Efforts in New Mexico
Releases of Adult Wolves and Puppies Being Blocked by State’s Game and Fish ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Defenders of Wildlife, the Center of Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) in[Read More…]
International Dark Sky Designation Illuminates Need for Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument
Preserving Public Land Around America’s Most Iconic National Park Necessary to Protect Grand Canyon’s Night Skies and Wildlife Image of the night sky shows area of the proposed Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument relative to light pollution from cities such as Phoenix and Las Vegas. Map by Curtis Bradley,[Read More…]
Genomic Data Commons Heralds New Era of Data Sharing for Cancer Research (Video)
Public launch of cancer-knowledge platform to enable broad collaboration among researchers Illustration of cancer cells. Copyright: iStockphoto.com CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. The Genomic Data Commons, a next-generation platform that enables unprecedented data access, analysis and sharing for cancer research, publicly launched at the University of Chicago on June 6, opening the[Read More…]
