Heavy rains cause highway sinkhole near Prince Albert, Sask.
Source: The Globe and Mail
Prince Albert :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 14:58:46 -0700 | green-news
The Canadian Press Published Monday, Jun. 17 2013, 5:21 PM EDT A huge sinkhole has closed both lanes of a Saskatchewan highway north of Prince Albert. Officials say a washout from heavy rains over the weekend caused a portion of...
Alaska receives donation for debris removal
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Juneau :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:37:42 -0700 | green-news
Alaska The state has received a $19,000 donation for marine debris cleanup on Alaska shores. The Department of Environmental Conservation said the gift is from the Hokkaido Development Engineering Center and members of the International Association of Cold Region Development...
Climate Change Will Create Dangerously Dry And Dust-Bowl Like Conditions
Source: BusinessInsider
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:11:54 -0700 | green-news
In wealthier countries like the United States, it brings economic devastation when crops wither and die, and forests burn. The United States continues to feel the aftereffects of the 2012 drought , the most severe and extensive in nearly half...
Rare and endangered birds are the focus of a book showcasing hundreds of species
Source: Washington Post's The Checkup
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated 2013-06-17 13:57:10 -0700 | green-news
The white-bellied cinclodes , the long-whiskered owlet and Africa's El Oro parakeet are three of nearly 600 bird species that are under threat of extinction. The creatures are featured in The World's Rarest Birds, a book showcasing birds that are...
Flooding in India kills 50
Source: United Press International
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-06-18 01:50:44 -0700 | green-news
Flooding after two days of monsoon rains in northern India killed 50 people and left hundreds stranded, emergency responders said. The highland states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh were among the hardest-hit areas, the Press Trust of India reported Monday,...
The Global Warming Gas, or The Bread and Butter of Life?
Source: Canadian Free Press
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 13:51:01 -0700 | green-news
The primary source of surface heat is radiant energy from the sun...We are told, incessantly, that carbon dioxide is the main cause of global warming it is not. The primary source of surface heat is radiant energy from the sun....
Dot Earth Blog: Global Warming and Our Inconvenient Minds
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 13:37:50 -0700 | green-news
Search This Blog Search Follow This Blog Recent Posts June 17 A fun chat on humans' inconvenient minds and why they make finding consensus on climate hard, but consensus on some smart energy steps easy. June 15 A deeper look...
WSU students developing hydrogen-powered drone
Source: Associated Press
Pullman :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 13:35:05 -0700 | green-news
Engineering students at Washington State University are developing a drone that would be fueled by liquid hydrogen. The university says students have tested a 55-pound drone with a 19-foot carbon-fiber wing that can carry 15 pounds. They used battery power...
Experts blame wildlife deaths on scarce land
Source: Daily Nation
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-06-17 13:30:25 -0700 | green-news
The government has been asked to look beyond increased demand for rhino horns in foreign countries, but also focus on other causes of wildlife deaths. High demand for rhino horns and ivory in countries like China, Thailand and Vietnam has...
Third Ontario nuclear waste site possible
Source: Toronto Star
Orangeville :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 13:30:01 -0700 | green-news
Comments Save to mystar Ontario could play host to three separate nuclear waste disposal sites, according to information filed at recent hearings. Two of the proposed sites have already been publicly discussed, although the simultaneous search is causing confusion in...
Bird poop removal begins in La Jolla
Source: 10 News
San Diego :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 13:28:20 -0700 | green-news
The removal of smelly bird droppings that have accumulated on rocks over the years at La Jolla Cove got under way Monday. A company called Blue Eagle, which has performed similar services in Oceanside, started spraying a foamy organic material...
NY exhibit spotlights O'Keeffe's Adirondack work
Source: Denver Post
Glens Falls :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 13:24:02 -0700 | green-news
N.Y.Before she gained everlasting artistic fame for her paintings of New Mexico, Georgia O'Keeffe spent many summers along the shores of Lake George in the Adirondacks. A special exhibition devoted to O'Keeffe and her work at Lake George has opened...
Sierra wildfires trigger warning of unhealthy air
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 00:13:54 -0700 | green-news
The Fresno Bee Local air officials have issued a health caution because of smoke from two Sierra Nevada wildfires. Wildfires are burning in Madera and Mariposa counties and smoke may affect the eastern parts of Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare and...
Nigeria prepares for flood season
Source: United Press International
Abuja :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-17 12:46:38 -0700 | green-news
Nigeria is preparing for its annual flood season while still recovering from last year's floods that killed hundreds of people, officials said. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency said this year's rainfall, which has already begun and will last until September, will...
Quivira hunting proposal worries conservationists
Source: The Hutchinson News
Stafford :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 12:39:29 -0700 | green-news
Conservationists are raising concerns that a proposal to expand hunting at the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in south-central Kansas could threaten whooping cranes that migrate through there, while refuge managers contend the federally endangered birds would be protected.
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