Transocean to Pay Record $1 Billion in Civil Penalties and $400 Million in Criminal Fines WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. Transocean Deepwater Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) and to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines and penalties, for its[Read More…]
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Preliminary Info on 2012 U.S. Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather/Climate Events
This Suomi NPP satellite image shows Sandy along the mid-Atlantic coastline with its center about 125 miles southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sandy was within several hours of landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. NOAA released preliminary information on extreme weather and climate events[Read More…]
Independent Evidence Confirms Global Warming in Instrument Record
Carlsbad Caverns, captured by photographer Ansel Adams. Scientists can extract temperature records from the chemistry of layers in stalagmites and stalactites, corals, layered ocean sediments, ice cores, and other paleo proxy records. A new compilation of these paleo “proxies” reveals a pattern of global warming in the last 130[Read More…]
Electric Stimulation of Brain Releases Powerful, Opiate-like Painkiller
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. Researchers used electricity on certain regions in the brain of a patient with chronic, severe facial pain to release an opiate-like substance that’s considered one of the body’s most powerful painkillers. The findings expand on previous work done at the University of Michigan, Harvard University and[Read More…]
Beliefs on Best Way to Lose Weight Can Torpedo New Year’s Resolutions
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. People setting a goal to lose weight in 2013 may want to first ask themselves if diet or exercise is more important to success. Whether a person believes obesity is caused by overeating or by a lack of exercise can predict whether he or she will[Read More…]
FDA Moves Forward on Genetically Engineered Salmon
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2012. On December 21, just as everyone was gearing up for the holidays, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its release of a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact on the genetically engineered (GE) AguaBounty AquaAdvantage salmon. The FDA action[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Receipt of the Highest Level Green Building Certification for the Chicago Center for Green Technology
Platinum LEED Certification Demonstrates City’s On-going Commitment to Buildings that are Energy Efficient, Conserve Resources, and Provide a Healthy Indoor Environment CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 2, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that the Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT) has been awarded a Platinum Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces City Named 2012 Clean Fuels Champion
Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Receives Award as City Initiatives Prompt 44 Percent of Chicago’s Taxi Fleet to Become Hybrid or Alternative Fuel Vehicles; 2013 Expected to Bring Big Advances as Well CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 2, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that the City of Chicago’s Department of Business[Read More…]
New Jersey Legislators Seek Ban on School Playing Field Pesticides in 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–aJanuary 2, 2013) As the medical community weighs in, the new year begins with a push in New Jersey to adopt the Safe Playing Fields Act (S1143 / A2412), straightforward common sense legislation to remove children from harm’s way by stopping hazardous lawn pesticide use on school grounds. The[Read More…]
Study Shows Naloxone Cost-Effective in Preventing Overdose Deaths
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 1, 2013 – The Annals of Internal Medicine released a study this week demonstrating that giving heroin users the overdose antidote naloxone is a cost-effective way to prevent overdose death and save lives. Phillip Coffin, MD, Director of Substance Use Research at the San Francisco Department of[Read More…]
