Philae’s primary landing site – mosaic EU–(ENEWSPF)–16 October 2014. ESA has given the green light for its Rosetta mission to deliver its lander, Philae, to the primary site on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November, in the first-ever attempt at a soft touchdown on a comet. Philae’s landing site, currently known as Site[Read More…]
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NASA’s Hubble Telescope Finds Potential Kuiper Belt Targets for New Horizons Pluto Mission
This is an artist’s impression of a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), located on the outer rim of our solar system at a staggering distance of 4 billion miles from the Sun. A HST survey uncovered three KBOs that are potentially reachable by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft after it passes by[Read More…]
NOAA: Another Warm Winter Likely for Western U.S., South May See Colder Weather
Repeat of last year’s extremely cold, snowy winter east of Rockies unlikely (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Below average temperatures are favored in parts of the south-central and southeastern United States, while above-average temperatures are most likely in the western U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and New England, according to the[Read More…]
National Institutes of Health to Admit Texas Nurse Diagnosed with Ebola Virus
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Later today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center expects to admit the first nurse who contracted the Ebola virus at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital while providing patient care to the index patient who died of Ebola. The nurse is being admitted to the Special[Read More…]
Groups Petition FDA to Ban Toxic Chemicals Used in Pizza Boxes and Other Food Packaging
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014 – The Natural Resources Defense Council and several groups today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban several toxic chemicals allowed in food packaging, citing their potential to harm fetal development, male reproductive systems, pre-and-post natal brain development and to cause cancer. The groups[Read More…]
In First Step of Legal Battle, Groups Challenge Cove Point LNG Export Project’s Federal Approval
Environmental and community advocates file legal papers in controversial project Opponents of the Dominion Resources project rally in Baltimore, MD. Emma Hohenstein / Chesapeake Climate Action Network Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Environmental and community groups took the first step late yesterday in a likely legal battle against a controversial[Read More…]
Advocates Launch ‘Vote Medical Marijuana’ Ahead of November Elections to Help Educate Supporters, Public
New tool makes political candidates’ positions, records on medical marijuana more accessible to voters Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2014. The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has produced a new 30-second online TV advertisement to launch its groundbreaking, election-cycle voter education campaign “Vote Medical Marijuana.” The ad[Read More…]
EPA Approves Enlist Duo®, Opens Gate to New Wave of GE Woes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Despite a massive outpouring of public opposition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that it has registered Enlist Duo®, officially putting the rubber stamp of approval on the sale and use of a new wave of genetically-engineered (GE) 2,4-D tolerant crops. Developed by Dow[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama After Meeting on the Government’s Response to Ebola, Oct. 15, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2014 – 5:26 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, obviously the news has been dominated by the diagnosis of a second health care worker in Dallas with Ebola. And in light of this second case, I thought it was very important for me to bring together our team,[Read More…]
Nurses Call on President Obama to Direct Hospitals to Follow Highest Standards for Beating Ebola
As News Breaks that Second Health Worker in Dallas Tests Positive for Ebola, 11,500 RNs Join National Conference Call for Nurses on Preparedness Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2014. With concern escalating across the U.S. about the threat of a wider Ebola outbreak, National Nurses United today called on President Barack[Read More…]
