by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 22, 2010 | Environment, Topics
Jeniece Pettitt Tree-lined streets are safer and require less maintenance than barren roads, reports the Alliance for Community Trees. WASHINGTON — Cleaner water, better air quality, lower energy bills, safer streets and healthy communities. Achieving all of...
by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 20, 2010 | National Security, Science + Technology
Jeniece PettittAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called the obesity study “a wake up call” for the U.S. WASHINGTON — A new study shows that nine million, or 27 percent, of 17- to 24-year-olds in the U.S. are too fat to serve in the military- an...
by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 19, 2010 | Environment, Science + Technology
Jeniece Pettitt The California LGMA regulates lettuce, spinach, cabbage, arugula, chard and other leafy greens. WASHINGTON –The federal government is considering a national program patterned after California’s public-private agriculture partnership that...
by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 13, 2010 | Business & Tech, Environment
“Ethanol is on the offense,” said Iowa’s Jim Nussle at a press conference in Washington on Monday.(Jeniece Pettitt/MNS) WASHINGTON — More than a quarter of the ethanol in the U.S. is from the Hawkeye State, according to the Iowa Renewable Fuel Association, so it...
by Jeniece Pettitt | Apr 8, 2010 | Business & Tech, Environment
iStock WASHINGTON — The wind industry blew away all previous records in 2009 as more wind energy was added to the power supply than ever before, keeping the U.S. as the global wind leader. The industry installed more than 10,000 megawatts of new generating...
