Farms well prepped for winter blast
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-06-19 01:16:42 -0700 | green-news
Winter in winter isn't a problem for commercial farmers or our animals, says Katie Milne, Federated Farmers Adverse Events spokesperson. It is when you get winter in mid-Spring or a flood in high summer that causes us problems. That said,...
World Bank highlights climate-poverty link
Source: Associated Press
Stockholm :: Sweden | updated 2013-06-19 11:34:25 -0700 | green-news
The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens." In a report released Wednesday, the international lending institution warned that heat waves, rising seas, more severe storms and other...
Bali governor urged to take action against illegal turtle trade
Source: The Jakarta Post
Denpasar :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-19 00:56:35 -0700 | green-news
The petition shows that the international community is now concerned about the illegal turtle trade in Bali, which has increased again, said Bali-chapter ProFauna coordinator, Jatmiko Wiwoho, on the sidelines of a rally and the petition handover in front of...
Rwanda: Govt Rewards Innovative Farmers
Source: Africa Headlines
Kigali :: Rwanda | updated 2013-06-19 00:56:17 -0700 | green-news
A host of innovative farmers across the country walked home with an assortment of rewards at the end of the eighth agro exhibition in Mulindi yesterday. The best innovative farmer drove home a tractor, and others received farm equipment worth...
Fresno's only historically rainless day approaches
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 00:24:08 -0700 | green-news
Since weather record-keeping began in the late 1870s, Fresno has never seen rain on June 21...According to the records, June 21 is the only rainless day of the year in Fresno. In other words, all the torrid, parched days of...
Sulfur dioxide releases continue after boiler failure at Delaware City Refinery|Scribd
Posted by: keiryuu
Paris :: France | updated 2013-06-19 00:14:31 -0700 | green-news
Crown eco management Jakarta reported: A rerouting system has reduced the number of pollutants coming out of the Delaware City Refinery to one – sulfur dioxide the loss of a boiler at the Delaware City Refinery resulted in the release....
U.S. seeks to reopen disputed Imperial Sand Dunes area to off-roaders
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 00:00:38 -0700 | green-news
A new federal plan for managing the Imperial Sand Dunes calls for reopening to off-road vehicles 40,000 acres that have been closed since 2000, when the site became embroiled in a legal battle involving threatened plant species. Counting that acreage,...
Rare turtle species facing extinction
Source: Zee News
Agartala :: India | updated 2013-06-18 23:45:44 -0700 | green-news
The soft-shell N nigricans turtles, a rare species found only in the tank of the Tripureswari Temple in Gomati district of Tripura, is facing extinction...The fifteenth century temple constructed by king Dhanyamanikya in Udaipur, 55 km from Agartala, is believed...
Northwest study could alter FasTracks vote
Source: The Denver Post
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 23:32:34 -0700 | green-news
A 13-month study of the transit needs of communities along the U.S...If stakeholders including cities, local transit activists and residents agree on a transportation system that veers significantly from the approved FasTracks plan, it must be resubmitted to voters within...
Officials impose fire limits
Source: The Durango Herald
Durango :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 05:50:49 -0700 | green-news
W ith five wildfires burning across the state, La Plata County, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe will be implementing stage 1 fire restrictions beginning Wednesday. Generally, stage 1 restrictions mean:...
Efforts on to improve storage in Vaigai dam
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-18 23:28:27 -0700 | green-news
Karthikeyan Power generation commences at Lower Camp With continuous rainfall and good inflow into Periyar dam, the Public Works Department engineers have stepped up discharge to 514 cusecs from mere 100 cusecs to improve the storage level in Vaigai dam...
Activists keep pushing for N.J. ban on fracking waste
Source: Glen Ridge Voice
Kearny :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 23:20:00 -0700 | green-news
Concerned that pressure would grow for New Jersey to accept fracking waste from neighboring Pennsylvania, where companies are using the process to extract gas from the Marcellus Shale deposits, the Legislature had passed such a ban last year, but Governor...
Little Ferry to hear builder's plans to manage storm water for controversial project
Source: Glen Ridge Voice
Little Ferry :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 23:19:56 -0700 | green-news
From the kitchen window of his home on Mariani Drive, Michael Sigel can gaze directly into a thick canopy of trees, part of 5.38 wooded acres that may be razed soon to make way for 16 single-family homes. When a...
With South Terminal construction underway, Cape Wind permits list Rhode Island port for turbine ...
Source: Acushnet Community News
New Bedford :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 06:17:21 -0700 | green-news
Cape Wind's federal permits list Quonset Point, R.I., as the staging area for its planned 130-turbine wind farm to be located in Nantucket Sound. The offshore wind developer has said publicly it will use New Bedford's South Terminal to stage...
Groundbreaking ceremony of Marudhayar bridge today
Source: The Hindu
Jayankondam :: India | updated 2013-06-18 22:31:31 -0700 | green-news
Marudhayar river at Sundakudi is to be performed on Wednesday...Ravikumar inspected the preliminary works on Tuesday to ensure that the public was not inconvenienced during the execution of the project, an official release here said. The Marudhayar irrigates 4,529 acres...
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