WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. Today, nearly a dozen environmental justice and community activists are set to meet with Obama Administration officials to discuss the critical need for a strong “Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction” (SSM) standard from the EPA. The organizers and activists represent communities in Detroit, Michigan and Birmingham, Alabama[Read More…]
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New Rechargeable Flow Battery Enables Cheaper, Large-scale Energy Storage
Design may support widespread use of solar and wind energy CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable flow battery that doesn’t rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity. The device, they say, may one day enable cheaper, large-scale energy storage. The palm-sized prototype generates[Read More…]
Smithsonian Scientists Discover New Species of Carnivore
First Find of Its Kind in More Than Three Decades The olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) is the first carnivore species to be discovered in the American continents in 35 years. Photo/Foto por: Mark Gurney Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. Observed in the wild, tucked away in museum collections, and even exhibited in[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Signs Legislation To Protect the Health Illinois Youth
New Laws Prevent Anyone Under Age 18 From Using Tanning Beds or Smoking Electronic Cigarettes CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today took steps to protect the health of youth across Illinois by signing legislation that prevents anyone under the age of 18 from using tanning beds and electronic cigarettes,[Read More…]
Fracking, Gas and Coal Projects to Push Great Barrier Reef’s Sea Turtles Closer to the Brink of Extinction
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) and The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) are warning that the massive fracking gas, coal and other industrial projects planned for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will push globally significant species of turtles closer to the brink of extinction. The industrialization of[Read More…]
Anti-HIV Drugs May Protect Against Puberty Delays in HIV-infected Children
NIH-funded study shows children on newer regimens closer to normal timetable Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. For children who have been HIV-infected since birth, current anti-HIV drug regimens may protect against the delays in puberty that had been seen in HIV-infected children taking older regimens, according to researchers funded by the[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Enrolls First Participant in Midwest for Research Study of Personalized Vaccine for Aggressive Brain Tumors
Randomized phase II trial will investigate vaccine therapy combined with Avastin for patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme CHICAGO–(ENEWPSF)–August 15, 2013. Northwestern Medicine® recently joined a landmark clinical trial to investigate if a vaccine made from a patient’s own brain tumor is effective in slowing tumor progression and extending survival. The[Read More…]
Canadian Climate Policies are Unable to Prevent the Significant Increase in Climate Pollution from the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
Canada’s poor record on climate and pursuit of unfettered tar sands growth make mitigation of carbon emissions unreachable Toronto, ON–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013 -– President Obama has made it clear that the central factor in his decision to approve or reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is whether the pipeline[Read More…]
Oregon: Governor Signs Law Authorizing Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber yesterday signed legislation, House Bill 3460, into law establishing regulations for the creation of state-licensed medical cannabis facilities. The law tasks the Oregon Health Authority with crafting rules and regulations over the following nine months to[Read More…]
Mysterious Magnetar Boasts One of Strongest Magnetic Fields in the Universe
Magnetic loop on magnetar SGR 0418 EU–(ENEWSPF)–15 August 2013. Scientists using ESA’s XMM-Newton space telescope have discovered that a curious dead star has been hiding one of the strongest magnetic fields in the Universe all along, despite earlier suggestions of an unusually low magnetic field. The object, known as SGR[Read More…]
