WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016. As the latest round of trade negotiations in New York City move toward conclusion today, it is increasingly clear that the public, especially in Europe, takes a dim view of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement. Trade deals are unpopular in the U.S. as[Read More…]
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Lawsuit Launched to Fight Dangerous Sulfur, Nitrogen Pollution
OAKLAND, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016. Conservation and public-health groups today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency because the agency has failed to update air-pollution thresholds for sulfur and nitrogen. Standards for the dangerous air pollutants known as sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides must be reviewed[Read More…]
Cosmic Beacons Reveal the Milky Way’s Ancient Core
Potsdam, Germany-(ENEWSPF)- An international team of astronomers led by Dr. Andrea Kunder of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) in Germany and Dr. R. Michael Rich of UCLA has discovered that the central 2000 light years within the Milky Way Galaxy hosts an ancient population of stars. These stars[Read More…]
Cassini Explores a Methane Sea on Titan (Watch)
Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Of the hundreds of moons in our solar system, Titan is the only one with a dense atmosphere and large liquid reservoirs on its surface, making it in some ways more like a terrestrial planet. Both Earth and Titan have nitrogen-dominated atmospheres — over 95 percent nitrogen in[Read More…]
Four Lasers Over Paranal: First light for the Four Laser Guide Star Facility on ESO’s Very Large Telescope
European Southern Observatory-(ENEWSPF)- On 26 April 2016 ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile hosted an event to mark the first light for the four powerful lasers that form a crucial part of the adaptive optics systems on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Attendees were treated to a spectacular display of cutting-edge laser technology[Read More…]
Profile of a Methane Sea on Titan
ESA-(ENEWSPF)- Saturn’s largest moon is covered in seas and lakes of liquid hydrocarbons – and one sea has now been found to be filled with pure methane, with a seabed covered by a sludge of organic-rich material, and possibly surrounded by wetlands. Of all the moons in the Solar System,[Read More…]
Curiosity Mars Rover Crosses Rugged Plateau
Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has nearly finished crossing a stretch of the most rugged and difficult-to-navigate terrain encountered during the mission’s 44 months on Mars. The rover climbed onto the “Naukluft Plateau” of lower Mount Sharp in early March after spending several weeks investigating sand dunes. The plateau’s sandstone[Read More…]
STScI: Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting the Dwarf Planet Makemake
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet — after Pluto — in the Kuiper Belt. The moon — provisionally designated S/2015 (136472) 1 and nicknamed MK 2 — is[Read More…]
“Lomonosov” Set To Embark To Orbit
Moscow-(ENEWSPF)- On April 27th, at 5:01 am Moscow time [02:01 UTC, 10:01 pm US Eastern Daylight Time on April 26th], the first launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome will take place. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket will place into orbit the scientific satellite “Lomonosov” of Moscow State University, along with the Aist-2D spacecraft[Read More…]
Merkley-Grassley Wind Energy Amendment Passes Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2016. Today, the United States Senate passed a bipartisan amendment sponsored by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) that restores funding for wind energy research and development (R&D). The amendment was attached to the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Energy and Water Appropriations bill.[Read More…]
