EU–(ENEWSPF)–7 August 2012. PR 25 2012 – Today, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-3 captured its first image of the Earth. This demonstrates that Europe’s latest geostationary weather satellite, launched on 5 July, is performing well and is on its way to taking[Read More…]
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Obama Administration Issues New Rules to Cut Red Tape for Doctors and Hospitals, Saving Up to $9 Billion
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2012. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today the release of a new rule that will cut red tape for doctors, hospitals, and health plans. In combination with a previously issued regulation, the rule will save up to $9 billion over the next ten[Read More…]
Monsanto’s GE Sweet Corn to Hit Store Shelves
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2012. Like it or not, Monsanto’s genetically modified sweet corn will soon be arriving on grocery store shelves of the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and will not be labeled as such. Despite an onslaught of consumer pressure, the company confirmed late last week with the[Read More…]
NASA’s Curiosity Ready To Rove Mars (Video/Story)
On August 6, Curiosity, NASA’s car-sized rover, landed on the surface of the Red Planet to assess past and present habitability of Mars. Positioned in the near the center of the rover, the Southwest Research Institute-led Radiation Assessment Detector is about the size of a coffee can and will characterize a[Read More…]
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Caught in the Act of Landing
NASA’s Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona. Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- An image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured[Read More…]
Curiosity: NASA’s New Mars Rover Sends Higher-Resolution Image
This is one of the first images taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- About two hours after landing on Mars and beaming back its first image, NASA’s Curiosity rover transmitted a[Read More…]
NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain
This is one of the first images taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes[Read More…]
Hubble Site: Why Is Earth So Dry?
This illustration of two different disk models shows overhead views of the structure of the protoplanetary disk that encircled the newborn Sun 4.6 billion years ago. The Sun’s family of planets agglomerated from dust and ices within the disk. The major difference between the two models is the location of[Read More…]
Sierra Club Announces 2012 National Awards
SAN FRANCISCO –(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2012. Twenty-eight “Modern-Day Muirs” received national awards from the Sierra Club this year. The awards were presented at a ceremony held in San Francisco Aug. 4. The Club’s top award, the John Muir Award, went to Don Parks, an environmental activist from Redmond, Wash., who has[Read More…]
CREATE A BUZZ: Tell the Government What You Think About the Bees and the Pesticides that Kill Them
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2012. Please take a moment to let the EPA know how you feel about the pesticides known to cause colony collapse disorder in bees. As we reported late last month, the EPA declined to ban CLOTHIANIDIN, one of the compounds most responsible for the bee deaths that[Read More…]
