Pro-mountaintop removal measure and threat to clean water gets the axe Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2014. Yesterday a federal court struck down a controversial George W. Bush administration rule that opened up Appalachia’s streams and waterways to toxic dumping from destructive mountaintop removal mining operations. Numerous national and Appalachian environmental and[Read More…]
Science
How to Catch a Satellite
Netting a derelict satellite EU–(ENEWSPF)–21 February 2014. Standard space dockings are difficult enough, but a future ESA mission plans to capture derelict satellites adrift in orbit. Part of an effort to control space debris, the shopping list of new technologies this ambitious mission requires is set for discussion with industry[Read More…]
FDA Issues First Orders to Stop Sale, Distribution of Tobacco Products
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 21, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued orders today to stop the further sale and distribution of four tobacco products currently on the market. The action marks the first time the FDA has used its authority under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act[Read More…]
Free NOAA PDF Nautical Charts Now Permanent
Charts are part of a new wave of navigational products and services NOAA’s newest addition to the nautical charting portfolio is the new Portable Document Format (PDF) nautical chart, which provides up-to-date navigation information in this universally available file type. The image above is of the Gulf Coast –[Read More…]
Greece’s Deepening Health Crisis
UK—(ENEWSPF)–21 February 2014. Greece’s health crisis is worsening as a result of continued healthcare budget cuts, says a new study published in the medical journal, The Lancet. Researchers say the harmful effects of austerity are linked to the increasing inability of patients to access the health system, large rises in[Read More…]
Generation Progress and CAP Host First-of-Its-Kind National Summit on Gun Violence and America’s Youth
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2014. Generation Progress, the youth outreach arm of the Center for American Progress (CAP), launched a first-of-its-kind National Youth Gun Violence Prevention Summit today. The summit will bring together more than 100 young people between the ages of 16 and 29 from 32 states. Over three days,[Read More…]
New Safeguards Seek to Protect Farmworkers from Pesticides
EPA proposes update to Worker Protection Standard for agricultural pesticides after more than 20 years of problems Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014. In North Carolina and Florida, three babies born in 2005 brought to light in the most painful way what pesticide exposure does to farmworkers and their children. All three[Read More…]
Cannabis May Be A Substitute For Alcohol, Study Says
Emeryville, CA–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014. Preliminary data suggests that cannabis may be a substitute for alcohol consumption, according to a review published online in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism. An investigator with the Alcohol Research Group conducted a literature review to assess whether cannabis satisfies the seven previously published criteria for[Read More…]
Duluth Receives U.S. EPA’s First Great Lakes Shoreline Cities Green Infrastructure Grant
DULUTH—(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of a $250,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the City of Duluth to fund green infrastructure projects to improve water quality in the Lake Superior Basin. Duluth is the first of 16 cities to receive funding in[Read More…]
CDC Reports Flu Hit Younger People Particularly Hard This Season
Vaccination lowered risk of having to go to the doctor by about 60 percent for people of all ages Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014. This influenza season was particularly hard on younger- and middle-age adults, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. People[Read More…]
