NASA’s Cassini imaging scientists processed this view of Saturn’s moon Dione, taken during a close flyby on June 16, 2015.Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute NASA’s Cassini imaging scientists processed this view of Saturn’s moon Dione, taken during a close flyby on June 16, 2015. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June[Read More…]
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FDA Allows Marketing of New Device to Help the Blind Process Visual Signals Via Their Tongues
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. The Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of a new device that when used along with other assistive devices, like a cane or guide dog, can help orient people who are blind by helping them process visual images with their tongues. The BrainPort V100[Read More…]
EPA, DOT Propose Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2015. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are jointly proposing standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon pollution to reduce the impacts of climate change, while bolstering energy security[Read More…]
Sierra Club Brings Suit to Protect Vital Habitat for Drought-Stricken Species
HOLLISTER, Calif. –(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Today the Sierra Club and Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society challenged the County of San Benito’s certification of its final environmental impact report for the Panoche Valley Solar Project. The lawsuit stated the County failed to consider the dire effect of California’s historic drought on[Read More…]
DDT Exposure in Utero Directly Linked to Development of Breast Cancer Later in Life
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. A new study directly links exposure to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in utero to the development of breast cancer later in life. Published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the study looked at data that were taken from a California program that evaluated samples from women during 1960s,[Read More…]
Report: World’s Most Endangered Porpoise Now Likely Down to Just 50
Extinction Imminent Without Drastic Action by Mexico to Save Vaquita SAN DIEGO—(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. A scientific report released today finds that vaquita porpoises declined by more than 40 percent in a single year and consequently only around 50 individuals of the species likely remain on Earth. The vaquita is the[Read More…]
Prevention and Early Treatment of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Arizona May Save Millions by Preventing Premature Death and Disability
Several Arizona American Indian communities severely impacted by outbreak, CDC/IHS study finds Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. The mounting costs of an epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) among several American Indian tribes in Arizona suggests that prevention and control efforts would be cost effective. A recent study released by[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Ban Against Sewage Dumping in Great Lakes Is Approved by Senate Appropriations Committee Heads to Senate Floor
Interior Appropriations Act Includes Great Lakes Water Protection Act, a Kirk-Advanced Ban on Sewage Dumping in the Great Lakes; Estimated 24 Billion Gallons of Untreated Sewage/Storm Water Are Dumped Straight into the Lakes Annually WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk today applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee’s passage of[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Wildlife From Dangerous New Chemical Cocktail
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Conservation and food safety groups today submitted a formal notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for approving a toxic new pesticide called bicyclopyrone (or “BCP”) without properly considering its potentially lethal effects on endangered animals and plants. In April the EPA approved BCP for[Read More…]
Secretary of State Kerry Re: Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Environment
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 The Pope’s powerful encyclical calls for a common response to the critical threat climate change poses to our common home. His plea for all religions to work together reflects the urgency of the challenge. The faith community – in the United States and abroad – has[Read More…]
