Artist’s impression of two Euclid concepts. Credit: ESA. UK Space Agency -(ENEWSPF)- Designed to study the enigmatic dark matter and dark energy with great precision, the European mission is due for launch in 2020. Thales is responsible for the satellite and infrastructure and overseeing the integration of all the parts[Read More…]
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Astronomers Find Clues To Decades-Long Coronal Heating Mystery
Columbia University -(ENEWSPF)- Drs. Michael Hahn and Daniel Wolf Savin, research scientists at Columbia University’s Astrophysics Laboratory in New York, NY, found evidence that magnetic waves in a polar coronal hole contain enough energy to heat the corona and deposit most of their energy at sufficiently low heights for the[Read More…]
CU Study Shows How Early Earth Kept Warm Enough To Support Life
An artist’s conception of the Earth during the late Archean, 2.8 billion years ago. Image Credit: Charlie Meeks. Boulder, CO-(ENEWSPF)- Solving the “faint young sun paradox” — explaining how early Earth was warm and habitable for life beginning more than 3 billion years ago even though the sun was 20[Read More…]
NGC 2392: A Beautiful End to a Star’s Life
NGC 2392 is a planetary nebula, a phase that results when a star like the sun becomes a red giant and sheds its outer layers. X-rays from Chandra (pink) shows superheated gas around the dense, hot core of the star. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Harvard-(ENEWSPF)- Stars like the Sun can become remarkably[Read More…]
Senator Kirk: Let’s Keep Our Promise to Children with Disabilities
Committee passes bipartisan Kirk amendment to increase special education funds, offset by reducing duplicative grants; provides $115 more per special needs child to local school districts this year WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2013. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today offered an amendment to increase funding for special education through the[Read More…]
Remarks by Deputy Secretary of State William Burns With Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi at the EcoPartnership Signing Event
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2013. DEPUTY SECRETARY BURNS: Thank you very much, Mr. Ambassador, and good morning, everybody. I want to thank State Councilor Yang and all of our Chinese guests who have traveled so far to be here today. And let me also thank our American EcoPartners who have come[Read More…]
NRDC Signs Energy Efficiency Agreement with China
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2013 — A representative of the Natural Resources Defense Council Thursday signed an agreement to collaborate on an energy efficiency program for Beijing that would cut demand for electricity by 800 MW, roughly the output of a standard fossil-fuel power plant, by 2015. At a State Department ceremony,[Read More…]
Nature Valued From Space
Mount Rinjani EU–(ENEWSPF)–11 July 2013. Satellites show how we can promote economic development in an environmentally sustainable manner by putting a price on nature’s resources. Located on the Indonesian island of Lombok, the Mount Rinjani National Park is an important ecosystem for numerous endangered plants and animals. Just outside the[Read More…]
To Ease Impact of Quota Cuts on New England GroundFisheries, NOAA Proposes Opening Long-time Closure Areas
Safeguards also proposed to protect habitat and vulnerable species during opening Map showing proposed areas to be re-opened after long-time closure. Download here (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2013. As part of an overall effort to help fishermen adjust to new quota cuts for groundfish implemented last month, today, NOAA[Read More…]
FTC Mails Refund Checks to Consumers Who Bought Skechers’ Shape-Ups and Other ‘Toning’ Shoes
Company Paid $40 Million for Refunds to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Advertising Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2013. An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing 509,175 checks to consumers who bought toning shoes from Skechers USA, Inc. that the company promoted through allegedly deceptive advertisements. The checks must[Read More…]
