This illustration depicts Martian water reservoirs. Recent research provides evidence for the existence of a third reservoir that is intermediate in isotopic composition between the Red Planet’s mantle and its current atmosphere. These results support the hypothesis that a buried cryosphere accounts for a large part of the initial water[Read More…]
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EPA Takes Action to Protect Public from Harmful Lead Exposure, Dec. 19, 2014
WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced 62enforcement actions that require renovation contractors and training providers to protect people from harmful exposure to lead dust and debris, as required by EPA’s Lead-based Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) standards. The enforcement actions include 55 settlements[Read More…]
University of Oregon Researchers Glimpse Pathway of Sunlight to Electricity
Collaboration with Lund University uses modified UO spectroscopy equipment to study ‘maze’ of connections in photoactive quantum dots EUGENE, Ore. —(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 18, 2014 — Four pulses of laser light on nanoparticle photocells in a University of Oregon spectroscopy experiment has opened a window on how captured sunlight can be converted[Read More…]
Environmentalists Sue to Protect Water Quality
EPA charged with ignoring past court decision WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014— The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Environmental Defense Center (EDC) today announced they have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen standards to prevent pollution from stormwater, one of the nation’s most widespread forms of water pollution. [Read More…]
Lincoln Electric System Announces New Wind, Solar Agreements
Lincoln, Nebraska –(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. Lincoln Electric System has finalized power purchase agreements to add 173 megawatts of wind energy and 5 megawatts of solar photovoltaic energy to its power supply resource portfolio by 2016. These projects will increase the utility’s equivalent renewable generation portfolio to 48 percent of LES’[Read More…]
FDA Approves Lynparza to Treat Advanced Ovarian Cancer
First LDT companion diagnostic test also approved to identify appropriate patients Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Lynparza (olaparib), a new drug treatment for women with advanced ovarian cancer associated with defective BRCA genes, as detected by an FDA-approved test.[Read More…]
Study: No Longitudinal Association Between Cannabis Use And Depression
Tel Aviv, Israel–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014. Cannabis use is not associated with increased incidences of major depression, according to longitudinal data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Affective Disorders. An international team of investigators from Israel and Canada assessed the association between cannabis use, major depressive disorder (MDD)[Read More…]
Obama Administration Responds to Center for Food Safety Legal Petition and Updates Climate Change Protocols
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014 – Today the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released updated draft guidance for federal agencies on how to consider greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change before approving new projects. In 2008, Center for Food Safety’s (CFS) sister organization the International Center[Read More…]
Enbridge Line 4 Spills in Regina
OTTAWA –(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014. The Enbridge Line 4 pipeline, a 796,000 barrels per day pipeline from Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin, has spilled 1,350 barrels of oil at a pumping station in Regina. Council of Canadians Regina chapter activist Jim Elliott says, “It only took 2 minutes and 26 seconds to[Read More…]
NY Medical Marijuana Draft Regulations Released – Regulations Do Not Include Provision for Emergency Access
Friday, Dec. 19: One Week After Death of Eight Year Old Donella Nocero, Patients and Caregivers to Rally Outside Governor Cuomo’s NYC Office to Demand Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana New York –(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. Today, the NY Department of Health released the draft regulations for the medical marijuana program. While[Read More…]
