SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first West Nile virus positive mosquito batch reported in Illinois for 2015. St. Clair County Health Department employees collected a positive mosquito batch on May 26, 2015, in O’Fallon. “West Nile virus activity is largely dependent[Read More…]
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Senator Kirk Urges President Obama to Halt Canadian Proposal to Store Nuclear Waste Near Great Lakes
Proposal Would Store 7 Million Cubic Feet of Nuclear Waste Less Than a Mile From Great Lakes CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) sent a letter to President Obama expressing serious concern with a proposed nuclear waste repository in Canada, which would be located less than a mile away from the Great Lakes[Read More…]
Secretary Vilsack Announces Additional 800,000 Acres Dedicated to Conservation Reserve Program for Wildlife Habitat and Wetlands
Secretary Hails Program’s 30th Anniversary, Announces General Signup Period MILWAUKEE–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that an additional 800,000 acres of highly environmentally sensitive land may be enrolled in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) under certain wetland and wildlife initiatives that provide multiple benefits on the same[Read More…]
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Joins Community Partners to Expand Access to Summer Meals for Children
Program that feeds hungry kids during the summer commemorates 40th anniversary MILWAUKEE–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015 – Today Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined representatives from Milwaukee’s Hunger Task Force, the Kohl’s Corporation, and members of the Milwaukee community to bring attention to childhood hunger. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) summer meal[Read More…]
Cassini Prepares for Last Up-close Look at Hyperion
This false-color view of Hyperion was obtained during Cassini’s closest flyby of Saturn’s odd, tumbling moon on Sept. 26, 2005. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI Full image and caption Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its final close approach to Saturn’s large, irregularly shaped moon Hyperion on Sunday, May 31.[Read More…]
EPA Plan to Save Bees Skirts the Issue, Ignores Most Problematic Form of Pesticide Use
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed a new rule yesterday restricting the use of pesticides on crops when honey bees are present for contracted pollination services. While the rule would apply to nearly all insecticides, including neonicotinoids that have been linked to bee population[Read More…]
EPA Proposes Increases in Renewable Fuel Levels
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. Today the EPA announced proposed volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, and also proposed volume requirements for biomass-based diesel for 2017. The proposal would boost renewable fuel production and provide for ambitious yet responsible growth over[Read More…]
A Patient’s Budding Cortex — In a Dish?
Networking neurons thrive in 3-D human “organoid” Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. A patient tormented by suicidal thoughts gives his psychiatrist a few strands of his hair. She derives stem cells from them to grow budding brain tissue harboring the secrets of his unique illness in a petri dish. She uses[Read More…]
Antibiotic Approved for Treating Infant Abdominal Infections
NIH-funded study evaluated meropenem in children under 3 months Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2015. The antibiotic meropenem was approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration for treating abdominal infections in children less than 3 months of age. The approval came after a study by a National Institutes of Health[Read More…]
Canadian Senate Committee Report Finds Neonicotinoids Play Role in Bee Mortality
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2015. A report released by the Canadian Senate’s Committee on Agriculture and Forestry this week acknowledges that neonicotinoids are harmful to bees, although it adds that more scientific data is needed before making any policies in response. The report was released exactly one week after a similar[Read More…]
