WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the “habitable zone,” the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water. The Kepler-62 system has five planets; 62b, 62c,[Read More…]
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First Rhode Island Medical Marijuana Compassion Center to Open Today
PROVIDENCE–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013. The first licensed medical marijuana compassion center (dispensary) in Rhode Island is scheduled to open Friday, April 19. The Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center, located at 1 Corliss St., will open its doors at 10 a.m. EST to begin providing medical marijuana to licensed patients who have[Read More…]
States Urge Farmers to Map Crops in Attempt to Protect Against Pesticide Drift
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is encouraging farmers to use a new mapping system in order to protect organic crops from pesticide drift, though few legal protections exist to actually stop drift from contaminating organic farmers’ fields. The system, DriftWatch, is meant to facilitate communication[Read More…]
Nebraskans’ Message: We Know More Now Why Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Would be a Colossal Mistake
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013 – The U.S. State Department is holding a public hearing today in Grand Island, Nebraska, on a new route for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Anthony Swift, an attorney in the international program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, made these comments concerning the hearing:[Read More…]
Senators Shaheen, Portman Renew Push for Bipartisan Energy Efficiency Bill
Reintroduced legislation will create jobs, drive national energy efficiency strategy Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. In a renewed push for a national energy efficiency strategy, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) will team up again today on Capitol Hill to reintroduce the Shaheen-Portman Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness (ESIC) Act. [Read More…]
Tribe Opposes Proposal to Turn Grays Harbor into an Industrial Crude Oil Zone
Full environmental review of “pipelines-on-wheels” requested Taholah, WA–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. Today, the Quinault Indian Nation submitted comments to the City of Hoquiam and Washington Department of Ecology opposing the first of at least three proposed oil shipping facilities that could transform Grays Harbor into an industrial crude oil zone. [Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Green Initiatives Receive State and National Recognition
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. Roosevelt University is a winner of a prestigious 2013 Emerald Award, given annually by the Illinois chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council in recognition of those individuals, organizations and projects that are judged to best advance sustainability across the state. Selected for top honors among 70[Read More…]
Hologram-like 3-D Brain Helps Researchers Decode Migraine Pain
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. Wielding a joystick and wearing special glasses, pain researcher Alexandre DaSilva rotates and slices apart a large, colorful, 3-D brain floating in space before him. Despite the white lab coat, it appears DaSilva’s playing the world’s most advanced virtual video game. The University of Michigan dentistry[Read More…]
Iconic Mumbai Building Make Business Case for Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Landmark Case Study Demonstrates Cost Savings Available to Building Owners and Real Estate Developers throughout India NEW DELHI–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013 – Building owners and real estate developers throughout India’s rapidly expanding urban areas stand to benefit financially from energy-efficiency building upgrades, according to a landmark business case study released today[Read More…]
Conservationists Seek Solution to Critical Salmon Barrier on Rogue Basin’s Evans Creek
Fielder Dam ranks in Oregon’s top ten list of barriers harmful to salmon, steelhead Medford, OR–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. In the wake of failed efforts to broker the voluntary removal of the Rogue Basin’s defunct Fielder Dam, WaterWatch of Oregon filed suit in U.S. District Court today, contending that the dam[Read More…]
