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Wildfires in the Face of Climate Change: Increasing and Intensifying
04-18-2014 Environmental
Past three decades have seen steady increase in fires, drought in Western US due to climate change Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--April 18, 2014. By: Jacob Chamberlain, Staff Writer, Common Dreams View of the 91 Freeway Fire, California (Via Flickr / Eric Nielson / Creative Commons license) Over the past 30 years wildfires have consistently become larger and more frequent in the Western U.S.—increasing by a rate of seven fires each year, a problem that shows no sign of stopping any time...
Read moreNASA's Kepler Telescope Discovers First Earth-Size Planet in 'Habitable Zone'
04-17-2014 Space
Kepler-186f resides in the Kepler-186 system about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The system is also home to four inner planets, seen lined up in orbit around a host star that is half the size and mass of the sun. Image Credit: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech Washington, DC--(ENEWSPF)--April 17, 2014. Using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" -- the range of distance...
Read moreMayor Emanuel Congratulates Chicago’s Gold Medal Paralympic Sled Hockey Athletes
04-17-2014 Latest Local News
Paralympians are Members of the RIC Chicago Blackhawks Sled Hockey Team run through the Chicago Park District and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel meets with Paralympians Brody Roybal and Kevin Mckee, Photo Credit: Brooke E. Collins // City of Chicago CHICAGO--(ENEWSPF)--April 16, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel met and congratulated Chicagoans Brody Roybal and Kevin McKee today, two members of the gold medal winning United States Paralympic Sled Hockey Team. “I congratulate Brody, Kevin and the...
Read moreNation’s First African American Neurosurgeon is Commencement Speaker at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO--(ENEWSPF)--April 15, 2014. Roosevelt University announced today that Alexa Canady, the first African American woman in the United States to…
In and Around Park Forest Week of April 14, 2014
The Cubs looked tough at the Park Forest Baseball Opening Day parade Saturday. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 14,…
'High Speed Mitigation Train Needs to Leave the Station,' Concludes Long-awaited UN Climate Report
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Greenland at the end of March 2014 to see first-hand the impacts of climate change.…
Video and Story: South Suburban College Men’s Basketball Team Collects Accolades, Visits Board of Trustees
The South Suburban College Men’s Basketball Team presented their team accolades to college Chairman Frank Zuccarelli (center with trophy) and…
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for April 13, 2014
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor's Note: We continue our reporting on news from police…
21st Century's First Decade Saw Doubling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: IPCC
Leaked draft of latest IPCC report obtained by Guardian sheds light on drastic gas emissions from coal-fired plant Washington, DC--(ENEWPSF)--April 11,…
Meet Matthew Wagner, Rich East Stellar Student
Matthew Wagner, Rich East Stellar Student. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This is another in a series of stellar students from…
South Suburban College Students Advocate for Educational Funding in Springfield
South Suburban College students represented one of the largest contingents at Student Advocacy Day and Legislative Awareness Day in Springfield…
Meet Janiah Jones, Rich East Stellar Student
Janiah Jones, Rich East Stellar Student. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— This is another in a series of stellar students from…
