EPA Seeks Advice on Perchlorate in Drinking Water – Agency Issues Interim Health Advisory
Release date: 01/08/2009
Contact Information: Enesta Jones, (202) 564-4355/7873/ jones.enesta@epa.gov
(Washington, D.C. – Jan. 8, 2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking advice from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) before making a final determination on whether to issue a national regulation for perchlorate in drinking water.
The agency also is issuing an interim health advisory of [...]
Stimulating Our way to Rock Bottom
Stimulating Our Way to Rock Bottom
Dr. Ron Paul – U.S. Congress, TX, 14th District
With attention turning to the next big economic stimulus package, questions are still swirling about our economic troubles. How did we get here? How do we get out? As usual, Washington has all the wrong answers. According to [...]
Researchers focus on bringing bees back
Researchers focus on bringing bees back
By GENARO C. ARMAS
The Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The mysterious decline in honeybees has generated renewed interest into finding new ways to boost bee numbers.
Buoyed by public concern over honeybee hives afflicted with colony collapse disorder, researchers are focusing on how the habitat surrounding a hive can affect the [...]
The ups and downs of energy drinks
AAFES sales are high, but experts debate health effects of popular drinks
By Mark Abramson, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Mark Abramson / S&S
Worldwide sales of Red Bull and other energy drinks at Army and Air Force Exchange facilities climbed from about 950,000 units in 2006 to more than 2.47 million in 2008. Dentists [...]
Dione Has Her Faults (Picture of Saturn’s Moon / NASA)
Saturn’s icy moon Dione has undoubtedly experienced geologic activity since its formation, as evidenced by the tectonic faults and craters on its surface.
To create this enhanced-color view, ultraviolet, green and infrared images were combined into a single black and white picture that isolates and maps regional color differences. This “color map” was then superposed over [...]
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COW COVER (picture) IN IRAQ
U.S. Army Pvt. Gregory Lloyd searches for munitions near Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2008. Lloyd is assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Wendy Wyman
NOAA Gives Navy Marine Mammal Protection Measures for Sonar Training off Hawaii
January 12, 2009
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has issued regulations and a letter of authorization to the U.S. Navy to impact marine mammals while conducting training exercises around the main Hawaiian Islands. The regulations require the Navy to implement measures designed to protect and minimize effects to marine mammals.
The Navy requested authorization under the Marine Mammal [...]
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NOAA Will Work With Six Identified Nations to Address Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
January 13, 2009
NOAA today submitted the first ever report to Congress identifying nations – France, Italy, Libya, Panama, the People’s Republic of China, and Tunisia – whose fishing vessels were engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 2007 or 2008.
This opens the way for continued consultations between the U.S. government and officials of [...]
President Bush Discusses Conservation and the Environment
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Thank you for coming, and Happy New Year. Laura and I thank all of our distinguished guests, starting with members of my Cabinet — Secretary Kempthorne, Secretary Gutierrez, Administrator Johnson. Admiral, thank you for coming today. We’re proud you’re here. Mr. Secretary, thank you for being here. [...]
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Prices for rooftop solar systems fall as supply grows
By Paul Davidson, USA TODAY
Here’s a bright spot in an overcast economy: Solar panel prices are tumbling.
Prices for rooftop solar systems, including installation, already have fallen 8% to 10% since October and are expected to drop another 15% to 20% this year.
Fueling the trend are an oversupply of worldwide manufacturing capacity and lower demand, especially [...]
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