WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2012. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with recreational vehicle manufacturer, American Suzuki Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation, to pay an $885,000 penalty for allegedly importing and selling 25,458 uncertified all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and off-road motorcycles in the United States. ATVs and motorcycles that[Read More…]
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Planned Parenthood Petitions Fifth Circuit to Rehear En Banc Decision Restricting Texas Women’s Access to Health Care
Petition to Court Comes Hours after Testimony to State Health Officials to Protect Access to Care AUSTIN, TX –(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2012. This week, Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas filed a petition to ask the entire Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the State of Texas’s appeal of a preliminary[Read More…]
Game Changer: New Report Spotlights Pro Sports’ Sustainability Leaders
Documents How Leading Sports Teams, Leagues & Venues are Cutting Energy, Waste, Water & Costs, While Shifting Public Attitudes toward Greening; Includes Preface from MLB Commissioner Selig SEATTLE–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2012 –Solar panels and recycling bins are becoming as common as hot dog vendors for professional sports teams and their venues,[Read More…]
CDC Telebriefing on West Nile Virus Update, September 5, 2012
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2012. OPERATOR: Welcome and thank you for standing by all participants will be on listen only. You may ask a question by pressing star 1 on your touch tone phone. Today’s conference is being recorded. If you have any objection, you may disconnect at this time. [Read More…]
Breast Cancer Patients With High Density Mammograms Do Not Have Increased Risk of Death
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2012. High mammographic breast density, which is a marker of increased risk of developing breast cancer, does not seem to increase the risk of death among breast cancer patients, according to a study led by Gretchen L. Gierach, Ph.D., of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of[Read More…]
National Football League Commits $30 Million Donation to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health to Support Medical Research
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2012. The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) announces that the National Football League (NFL) has agreed to donate $30 million in support of research on serious medical conditions prominent in athletes and relevant to the general population. This is the largest philanthropic gift the[Read More…]
ESA Observatory Breaks World Quantum Teleportation Record
Laser from Optical Ground Station on Tenerife EU–(ENEWSPF)–6 September 2012. An international research team using ESA’s Optical Ground Station in the Canary Islands has set a new distance world record in ‘quantum teleportation’ by reproducing the characteristics of a light particle across 143 km of open air. Funded by[Read More…]
Hadley Crater Provides Deep Insight Into Martian Geology
Hadley Crater EU–(ENEWSPF)–6 September 2012. Recently engaged in providing support to the successful landing of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover, ESA’s Mars Express has now returned to its primary mission of studying the diverse geology and atmosphere of the ‘Red Planet’ from orbit. Earlier this year, the spacecraft[Read More…]
Study’s Narrow Focus Fails to Consider Full Health and Environmental Benefits of Organic
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2012. A review of the scientific literature on the health benefits of organic food versus its chemical-intensive counterpart by Stanford University researchers finds that there is a lack of strong evidence that organic foods contain more nutrients than conventional foods; however, the study finds that consumption of[Read More…]
EPA Opens Registration for Campus RainWorks Design Challenge Competition
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2012. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, the Campus RainWorks Challenge, through which teams will compete to develop innovative approaches to stormwater management. This first annual competition, will[Read More…]
