WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2014. This week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, Colombia’s Minister of Energy and Mines Amylkar Acosta, Mayor of Santiago de Calí Rodrigo Guerrero, and Director of Planning of Colombia Tatyana Orozco signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate in the development of a Solar Decathlon[Read More…]
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UN Expert Calls for Bridging Gap Between Urban Consumers and Local Food Producers
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–10 March 2014 – Food systems are too focused on maximizing profits and not enough on promoting the human right to adequate food and freedom from hunger, a United Nations independent expert said today, calling for the systems “to be radically and democratically redesigned” by promoting small farmers and cutting[Read More…]
Headed for the OR? Mayo Clinic Expert Suggests 5 Questions to Ask Your Surgeon Before the Operation
The answers may make a difference in your outcome ROCHESTER, Minn.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014 — The news that you will need surgery can prompt many questions and a lot of anxiety. Beyond details about your medical condition and treatment options, what should you ask your surgeon before the operation? Whatever you need[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders, Other Senators to Speak All Night in Wake-Up Call to Congress on Global Warming
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10 – In a dramatic gesture to urge action on climate change, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other members of the Senate Climate Action Task Force will pull an all-nighter speaking on the Senate floor from Monday night through Tuesday morning. “When I go home to Vermont,[Read More…]
Students Unlock the Mysteries of the Brain With NIH Scientists
NIH celebrates Brain Awareness Week 2014 Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. Hundreds of middle school students from the Washington, D.C., area will visit the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Md. this week for a special brain-bending experience. Alongside scientists from seven institutes of the National Institutes of[Read More…]
Mercury: Groups Sue FDA for Seafood Health Information
Agency failed to respond to a petition filed in July 2011 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. Today, consumer protection and environmental advocates filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for failing to respond to a July 2011 petition in which the groups asked[Read More…]
Be an Asteroid Hunter in NASA’s First Asteroid Grand Challenge Contest Series
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. NASA’s Asteroid Data Hunter contest series will offer $35,000 in awards over the next six months to citizen scientists who develop improved algorithms that can be used to identify asteroids. This contest series is being conducted in partnership with Planetary Resources Inc. of Bellevue, Wash. The[Read More…]
Survey Finds GE Contamination of Organic Farms
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2014. New data finds that organic farmers are growing increasingly concerned with genetically engineered (GE) crops cross-pollinating and contaminating their fields. This contamination can lead to serious economic losses for organic farmers and has created tension between neighbors. The data comes at a critical time as USDA[Read More…]
Attorney General Holder, Calling Rise in Heroin Overdoses ‘Urgent Public Health Crisis,’ Vows Mix of Enforcement, Treatment
Attorney General Urges Local First Responders to Carry Naloxone, Which Can Save Lives by Reversing Overdoses Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2014. Calling the rise in overdose deaths from heroin and other prescription pain-killers an “urgent public health crisis,” Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Monday that the Justice Department would combat the[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Illinois is First in the Nation in Renewable Energy Use
New Report says 91 Illinois Communities Have Achieved 100 Percent Renewable Electricity CHICAGO–(ENEWSFP)–March 7, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that a new report has found Illinois leads the nation in the number of communities using renewable electricity. The report shows 91 Illinois communities have achieved 100 percent renewable electricity,[Read More…]
