The protrusion of a neuron without Dscam protein (green) and that of a neuron with an abnormally high level of Dscam protein (red). The protrusions are overlaid on the fruitfly’s equivalent of the human spinal cord (blue). Image credit: Xin Wang ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. University of Michigan researchers have[Read More…]
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House Subcommittee Votes Increase Coal Ash Exposure, Threaten Public Health
Series of anti-environmental bills advance in subcommittee today, await full committee consideration Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. The House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy voted today to pass three anti-environmental bills that will increase exposure to toxic coal ash, weaken the nation’s Superfund law and limit citizens’ access to sue[Read More…]
The Floodwaters of Mars
Kasei Valles EU–(ENEWSPF)–6 June 2013. Dramatic flood events carved this impressive channel system on Mars covering 1.55 million square kilometres, shown here in a stunning new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express. The mosaic, which features the spectacular Kasei Valles, comprises 67 images taken with the spacecraft’s high-resolution stereo camera and[Read More…]
Europe’s Heaviest Cargo Ship Launched Into Space
Liftoff replay — Access the video EU–(ENEWSPF)–6 June 2013. ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, was launched into orbit last evening from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe’s autonomous supply ship will perform a series of manoeuvres to dock with the International Space Station on 15 June. The[Read More…]
Sierra Club & AEP Reach Deal on Future of Kentucky’s Big Sandy Coal Plant
Deal would bring renewable energy, energy efficiency and new jobs to eastern Kentucky Frankfort, KY–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. Late last week Sierra Club and American Electric Power (AEP) reached an agreement in principle that would resolve the future of power generation in eastern Kentucky after the retirement of the coal[Read More…]
NOAA Proposal Extends Rule Reducing Risk of Whale Ship Strikes Along U.S. East Coast
Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) skim feeding with NOAA ship Delaware II in the background. Download here (Credit:NOAA/NEFSC) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking comments on its proposal to make permanent the rules it implemented five years ago to reduce the number of collisions between ships and North[Read More…]
Federal and Industry Partners Issue Challenge to Manufacturers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. A coalition that includes the U.S. federal government and over 200 major commercial building sector partners has issued a simple challenge to U.S. manufacturers: if you can build wireless sub-meters that cost less than $100 apiece and enable us to identify opportunities to save money by saving[Read More…]
Wal-Mart to Pay $110M for Clean Water Act and Pesticide Violations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. Last week Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. plead guilty in cases filed by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act by illegally handling and disposing of hazardous materials at its retail stores across the United States, including pouring[Read More…]
Mahtomedi High School Student Project Wins President’s Environmental Youth Award
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today presented the regional 2012 President’s Environmental Youth Award to members of an environmental club at Mahtomedi High School in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, for its Zephyr Wind Project. Members of the school’s Eco Club raised $100,000 to build a 10-kilowatt wind turbine[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy on Front Line in Fight Against Flu Epidemic
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013. While spring is finally here, students in Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy won’t forget the passing flu season anytime soon. Sickening hundreds of thousands and sending record numbers of people to hospitals, this year’s epidemic was fought on many fronts in the Chicago area by Illinois pharmacists[Read More…]
