Project Achieves Major Milestone by Successfully Injecting Carbon into Saline Formation WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2015. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Department of Energy announced today that its Illinois Basin-Decatur Project successfully captured and stored one million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) and injected it into[Read More…]
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Medical Marijuana Advocates Praise Seattle Mayor’s Regulatory Approach, Condemn City Attorney’s ‘Plan to Tax the Sick’
Patients call on state legislature to pass regulations that preserve and protect 16-year-old medical marijuana program Seattle, WA –(ENEWSPF)—January 7, 2015. Medical marijuana patient advocates praised a regulatory plan put forth earlier this week by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, while condemning the new aggressive enforcement approach proposed by City Attorney[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Launches Comprehensive Strategy to Protect and Restore Sagebrush Lands Threatened by Rangeland Fire
Builds on work with federal, state, tribal and non-government partners to protect economic activity and wildlife habitat vital to the Western way of life WASHINGTON, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2015. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today issued a Secretarial Order calling for a comprehensive science-based strategy to address the more[Read More…]
Alcohol Poisoning Kills Six People in the US Each Day
Most deaths occur among middle-aged adults Alochol Poisoning Deaths: Common in all ages, most in middle age. Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2015. More than 2,200 people die from alcohol poisoning each year in the United States – an average of six deaths each day – according to a new[Read More…]
Bureau of Land Management Defers Fracking Near New Mexico’s Sacred Chaco Canyon
Rampant drilling in the San Juan Basin continues to threaten public health, cultural resources, climate, and clean air and water. Santa Fe, NM –(ENEWSPF)—January 6, 2015. A coalition of local and regional watchdog groups supports the Bureau of Land Management’s recent decision to defer leasing five Navajo allotment parcels (2,802.56 acres)[Read More…]
UN Health Agency Says No Ebola Detected in Iraq, Calls Reports of Cases ‘Rumours’
Photo: WHO/C. Banluta GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–6 January 2015 – Despite reports of Ebola cases in Mosul in several Iraqi media sources last week, the Iraqi Ministry of Health and the United Nations health agency have confirmed today that no cases of the disease have so far been found in the country. As[Read More…]
113th Congress Saw Significant Pushback Against Attacks on Reproductive Health
Members countered relentless anti-choice efforts—from abortion bans to attacks on health care coverage—with Women’s Health Protection Act, other proactive measures Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Januaruy 6, 2015. In the face of relentless attacks on women’s reproductive health and rights, members of the 113th Congress brought a renewed focus on policies that promote equitable[Read More…]
Hubble Goes High-Definition to Revisit Iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2015. Although NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken many breathtaking images of the universe, one snapshot stands out from the rest: the iconic view of the so-called “Pillars of Creation.” The jaw-dropping photo, taken in 1995, revealed never-before-seen details of three giant columns of cold gas bathed[Read More…]
NASA’s Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way’s Black Hole
Astronomers have detected the largest X-ray flare ever from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This event was 400 times brighter than the usual X-ray output from the black hole. Credit: NASA/CXC/Northwestern Univ/D.Haggard et al. Image Credit: NASA/CXC/Stanford/I. Zhuravleva et[Read More…]
Early Blood Glucose Control Lengthens Life in People with Type 1 Diabetes
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2015. People with type 1 diabetes who intensively control their blood glucose (blood sugar) early in their disease are likely to live longer than those who do not, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings are the latest results of the Diabetes[Read More…]
