Searching for water near Tagus Valles EU–(ENEWSPF)–1 August 2013. Craters once brim-full with sediments and water have long since drained dry, but traces of their former lives as muddy lakes cling on in the martian desert. Tagus Valles in context The images were taken on 15 January by ESA’s Mars[Read More…]
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Americans for Safe Access: Governor Quinn Signs Bill Into Law, Making Illinois the 20th Medical Marijuana Sate
Nearly 40 percent of U.S. population lives in states that have legalized medical marijuana Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn signed HB1 into law today, making Illinois the 20th state to legalize medical marijuana. Nearly 40 percent of people in the U.S. now live in states that have adopted[Read More…]
Interior Holds First-Ever Competitive Lease Sale for Renewable Energy in Federal Waters
Historic Auction Leases Nearly 165,000 Acres Offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts for Wind Energy Development, Advances President’s Climate Action Plan WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. As part of President Obama’s comprehensive plan to move our economy toward domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell[Read More…]
Florida Project Produces Nation’s First Cellulosic Ethanol at Commercial-Scale
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The Energy Department yesterday recognized the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production at INEOS Bio’s Indian River BioEnergy Center in Vero Beach, Florida. Developed through a joint venture between INEOS Bio and New Planet Energy, the project uses a unique hybrid of gasification and fermentation technology –[Read More…]
South Sudan: 100,000 Displaced People in Jonglei Need Access to Medical Care
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–AUGUST 1, 2013 – An estimated 100,000 displaced people who fled violence in South Sudan’s southern Jonglei State are still in dire need of access to emergency medical care, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today. This massive population displacement, which[Read More…]
EPA Strengthens Chemical Assessment Process to Protect Public Health
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced changes to its Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program to improve the scientific foundation of assessments, increase transparency in the program and the process and allow the agency to produce more IRIS assessments each year. IRIS is a human[Read More…]
EPA Proposes Rule to Modernize Clean Water Act Reporting
E-reporting initiative will increase efficiency, ease burden for states and improve public access to data WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a rule that would modernize Clean Water Act (CWA) reporting processes for hundreds of thousands of municipalities, industries, and other facilities by converting to[Read More…]
Pioneering Climate Change Lawsuit To Reduce Natural Gas Leaks From Oil & Gas Operations Moves to Court of Appeals
Conservation groups appeal dismissal of lawsuit seeking to force BLM to protect the climate and stop the waste of natural gas resources caused by sloppy development Great Falls, Mont.–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Today, the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Montana Environmental Information Center, Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability[Read More…]
Appropriations Bill Would Prohibit EPA’s Phase-Out of Sulfuryl Fluoride
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The House of Representatives Appropriations Interior and Environmental subcommittee voted Tuesday 7-4 to approve an appropriations bill that would cut the budget of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by nearly a third, and includes language that would prevent the agency from enforcing its decision[Read More…]
Hunger Strikers Share Update on Meeting with UIC Medical Center CEO, Dr Bryan Becker
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Undocumented families and advocates demanded that UIC Medical Center be held accountable for agreements made last year to address the needs of transplant patients who are uninsured and undocumented. The hunger strike demands that local hospitals work together to ensure people are put on the transplant list[Read More…]
