Behind the rhetoric what is really being done to combat desertification?
Source: The independent
Dakar :: Senegal | updated 2013-06-16 12:33:23 -0700 | green-news
Like most people living along the Sahel the drylands between Africa's tropical savannahs and the Sahara Desert Mustafa Ba is all too familiar with the effects of desertification. Thanks to a combination of overgrazing and deforestation, he has watched the...
Fracking presents new strains on drought-stricken areas of U.S.
Source: The Globe & Mail
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 12:30:59 -0700 | green-news
Europe Aviation But now, as energy companies vie to exploit vast reserves west of the Mississippi, fracking's new frontier is expanding to the same lands where crops have shrivelled and waterways have dried up due to severe drought. In Arkansas,...
Life Thrives Deep Under Sea
Source: Fox
Lima :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 11:32:25 -0700 | green-news
Published June 13, 2013 LiveScience Beneath the seafloor lives a vast and diverse array of microbes, chomping on carbon that constantly rains down from above and is continually buried by a never-ending downpour of debris -- some whale dung here,...
Fort Collins recycling 50% of trash, aiming higher
Source: SF Gate
Fort Collins :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 11:23:09 -0700 | green-news
Colo. (AP) Fort Collins residents and businesses are recycling about 50 percent of their trash, and officials hope to push that to 90 percent or higher. The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports ( http://tinyurl.com/n3fcpuk) Fort Collins-based New Belgium Brewing and some...
Crews working to get more Colo. fire evacuees home
Source: The Boston Globe
Colorado Springs :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 11:08:26 -0700 | green-news
The number of homes destroyed in Colorado's most destructive wildfire ever continues to rise. Authorities reported early Saturday that 473 houses had been incinerated. Colo. (AP) Firefighters are working to get more people back into their homes after authorities lifted...
Cold snap that made the dinosaurs shiver 116m years ago caused ocean crisis similar to global ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Newcastle :: Australia | updated 2013-06-16 11:06:51 -0700 | green-news
16 June 2013 0 View comments A 'cold snap' that made the dinosaurs shiver 116 million years ago caused a crisis in the oceans similar to the effects of global warming. The 2.5 million-year cooling period led to the disruption...
Why climate change has become a big threat to vulnerable African countries
Source: Daily Nation
Bonn :: Germany | updated 2013-06-16 10:29:50 -0700 | green-news
Climate change and its consequences present an enormous threat to human development today...This may explain Kenya's recent move to launch a national climate change action plan that will guide the transition of the country towards a low-carbon climate resilient development...
Country faces tough task clearing out rice stocks
Source: The Nation
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2013-06-16 10:23:25 -0700 | green-news
The high price of Thai rice is expected to make it difficult to make quick sales of rice to clear out the inventory. The government has recently denied that the rice mortgage scheme suffered losses of about Bt260 billion during...
Oregon having trouble dealing with debris from 2011 tsunami
Source: United Press International
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 10:21:42 -0700 | green-news
U.S. lawmakers are pushing for legislation that would aid Oregon coastal communities dealing with the cleanup of debris from the 2011 tsunami that hit Japan...Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., said the influx of debris in the Pacific Ocean will be a...
Volunteer anglers sought for Maine trout project
Source: Boston.com
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 10:07:54 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) Volunteer anglers are being sought to survey remote ponds and lakes around Maine in search of brook trout. The brook trout pond survey project is a collaborative effort of Trout Unlimited, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and...
Chinese investors sought for sawmill
Source: Wellington Dominion
Suzhou :: China | updated 2013-06-16 10:05:21 -0700 | green-news
Chinese investors are being sought to back a huge sawmill project in the central North Island. The concept of a "mega-mill" is being floated to a potential consortium of investors by Taupo District Council and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise....
Global warming sees Bangladesh river destroying villages
Source: NewKerala
Sirājganj :: Bangladesh | updated 2013-06-16 10:01:47 -0700 | green-news
Mashfiqus Salehin, professor at the Institute of Water and Flood Management in the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, said the constant shifting of Bahuka's residents is not uncommon since erosion is a "very big" issue in the region....
Washington State U starts sperm bank for honeybees
Source: SF Gate
Pullman :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 09:37:26 -0700 | green-news
Wash. (AP) There's a lot of buzz at Washington State University over work to develop the first sperm bank for honeybees. Entomologist Steve Sheppard and his crew are using liquid nitrogen to preserve semen extracted from the industrious insects that...
Water main break in Winter Springs disrupting traffic
Source: Orlando Sentinel Online
Winter Springs :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 09:36:35 -0700 | green-news
A water main has broken at the intersection of Sheoah Boulevard and Macduff Lane this morning, causing traffic to be diverted, police said...After the water main is repaired, the utility plans to issue a boil-water alert for the immediate area...
West Fork fire crews near Pagosa Springs fight weather
Source: The Denver Post
Denver :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 09:32:39 -0700 | green-news
A column of smoke from the West Fork Fire could be seen over Borns Pond on June 15, 2013. (Provided by Archuleta Emergency Management) Two wildfires burning in Archuleta County have fire managers concerned Sunday. The West Fork fire "about...
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