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Breaking News: Rose Petals and Rust: On Nature’s Inexorable Passage
Posted by: vernoncrumrine First to cover

Athens :: Greece | updated Sat Oct 31 06:40:42 -0700 2009 | green-news

An observation and commentary on the times --- Writer, artist, teacher, scholar and humanitarian Esther Warner Dendel (1910-2002) once wrote - “It takes a certain maturity of mind to accept that nature works as steadily in rust as in rose...
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Latest Breaking News: Inferno in Greece under control, but humanitarian and ecological disaster remains
Posted by: DelilahStarling

Athens :: Greece | updated Tue Aug 25 07:48:33 -0700 2009 | green-news

Over 2000 firefighters, soldiers, and volunteers began battling the inferno in Greece again Monday morning, using water-dropping aircraft and helicopters from France, Italy and Cyprus. The monster blaze near Athens prompted the evacuation of almost 20,000 people, according to CNN...
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Current News: Green Roofs in Greece
Posted by: GreenRoofsGreece First to cover

Athens :: Greece | updated Sun Oct 11 17:50:03 -0700 2009 | green-news

Roof greening is as old as the hills, literally. So called human civilisation has passed through three distinct stages of development1 The first stage of development and differentiation from the rest of the animal kingdom was the rise of the...
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Posted by: GreenRoofsGreece

Athens :: Greece | updated Thu Oct 08 13:33:41 -0700 2009 | green-news

Roof greening is as old as the hills, literally. So called human civilisation has passed through three distinct stages of development1 The first stage of development and differentiation from the rest of the animal kingdom was the rise of the...
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Latest World News: Concerns about outdoor second-hand smoke
Source: United Press International

Athens :: Greece | updated Wed Nov 25 09:59:04 -0800 2009 | green-news

Indoor smoking bans resulted in outdoor smoking areas but they may be creating a new health hazard, U.S. researchers suggest. "Indoor smoking bans have helped to create more of these outdoor environments where people are exposed to secondhand smoke," study...
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Current Event: Measures to cut red tape in RES projects
Source: Kathimerini

Athens :: Greece | updated Fri Dec 04 00:49:28 -0800 2009 | green-news

The draft law which is about to be submitted for public consultation will reduce the time required for licensing from 3-5 years to 8-10 months, the minister said, adding that �there is tremendous investor interest but too much bureaucracy.� There...
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Source: Kathimerini

Athens :: Greece | updated Sat Dec 05 01:46:59 -0800 2009 | green-news

Cassandra, the first of Halkidiki�s three prongs, was devastated by a wildfire in August 2006, which destroyed some 5,000 hectares of dense forest. However, Halkidiki Prefect Asterios Zografos revealed yesterday that about 85 percent of the forest has begun to...
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Source: Kathimerini

Athens :: Greece | updated Thu Dec 03 00:51:20 -0800 2009 | green-news

MIG said it has signed a memorandum of understanding on the joint venture to be named Veolia-MIG Greece. Veolia will control 51 percent of the joint venture with the remaining stake held by MIG. �The new company will pursue activities...
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Source: Kathimerini

Athens :: Greece | updated Sat Nov 28 04:06:59 -0800 2009 | green-news

Maria Damanaki was yesterday nominated European commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries, a key portfolio in Brussels with particular interest for Greece, where commercial shipping makes a significant contribution to the economy. Synaspismos in the early 1990s, was named as...
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Source: Kathimerini

Athens :: Greece | updated Sat Nov 28 04:06:39 -0800 2009 | green-news

In fact, Andreas Andreadakis, general secretary for water at the ministry, has even said that it has not been ascertained that there is any water shortage in Thessaly. On the other hand, Infrastructure Minister Dimitris Reppas insists the project will...
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