EU–(ENEWSPF)–8 February 2013. Satellites show that the recent ozone hole over Antarctica was the smallest seen in the past decade. Long-term observations also reveal that Earth’s ozone has been strengthening following international agreements to protect this vital layer of the atmosphere. According to the ozone sensor on Europe’s MetOp weather[Read More…]
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Medical Marijuana Advocacy Group Announces National Conference in Washington DC, Feb. 22-25
Scientists, patients, doctors, advocates, lawyers, policymakers unite to advance public health policy reforms Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 8, 2013. The country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), formally announced today its National Medical Cannabis Unity Conference, “Bridging the Gap Between Public & Policy,” to be held in[Read More…]
EPA Provides Technical Assistance to 43 Communities to Meet their Sustainability Goals
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced that 43 communities — rural, urban and suburban — will receive technical assistance to pursue sustainable growth that encourages local economic development while safeguarding people’s health and the environment. EPA consulted with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban[Read More…]
DDT Metabolite Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013. A recent study conducted at the University of Granda, Spain and published in the Journal Environmental Research proposes a link between exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in food, air, and water and prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adults, regardless of age, gender, and body[Read More…]
Strobe-like Flashes Discovered in a Suspected Binary Protostar (Video and Story)
Image caption below. Source: Hubblesite.org Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to uncover a mysterious infant star that behaves like a police strobe light. Every 25.34 days, the object, designated LRLL 54361, unleashes a burst of light. Though a similar[Read More…]
Intelligent Civilizations Rarer Than One In A Million
Berkeley, CA-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Kepler mission has identified 2,740 planets orbiting other stars, but do any of them harbor intelligent life? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have now used the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to look for intelligent radio signals from planets around 86 of these stars.[Read More…]
Interior to Offer 38 Million Acres for Oil and Gas Development in Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale
Auction offers all unleased areas offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2013. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today announced[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Offers Stern Pesticide Warning
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2013. This soccer game was contested on grass free of pesticides. Across the United States, however, many fields are coated with toxic pesticides. In a stirring report linking pesticide exposure to children’s illnesses, a major American agency issued a call today to limit exposures during the most susceptible[Read More…]
NOAA Research Finds New Way to Identify Which El Niño Events Will Have Biggest Impact on U.S. Winter Weather
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2013. El Niño, warmer than average waters in the Eastern equatorial Pacific (shown in orange on the map), affects weather around the world. A new study, just published in the February 2013 issue of the Journal of Climate, describes an atmospheric El Niño signal that is very[Read More…]
Innovative Audubon Program Connects Elders with Alzheimer’s to the Outdoors While Creating Healthy Bird Habitats
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2013. Yesterday Health Professions Press announced the release of Bird Tales, a low cost, high-impact program to improve the lives of people living with Alzheimer’s disease. The program was developed by dementia-care expert Randy Griffin in partnership with the National Audubon Society, Toyota, and TransCon. Bird[Read More…]
