I Bring To You Meteorology -- 5/19/13
Posted by: Adrian Holman
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 02:36:15 -0700 | green-news
Sunday, May 19, 2013. (Degrees for this US national weather forecast are in Fahrenheit. All temperatures given are from AccuWeather.) East: New York, NY: Rain all day. 63/55. Boston, MA: Cloudy with scattered showers in the afternoon. 64/53. Washington, DC:...
50 Billion Reasons to Support Ethanol
Source: The Motley Fool
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 06:22:48 -0700 | green-news
The mandated blending of ethanol in motor fuel -- specifically when produced from corn -- is a highly controversial issue. Is it really corrosive to engines at concentrations of just 10%?...While ethanol does, in fact ,have a lower energy density...
Heavy rains close Atlanta area roads
Source: SF Gate
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 08:18:27 -0700 | green-news
Heavy rains in the Atlanta area have caused flooded roads and a mud slide. Officials in Hall County reported Sunday that Atlanta Highway in the Flowery Branch area was flooded and impassable...Officials in Gwinnett County said Highway 316 at Duluth...
Palanivel: Special team to focus on forest, hill destruction
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-19 06:02:37 -0700 | green-news
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will set up a special team with the respective state governments to look into the destruction of forests and hill slopes in the country...Palanivel , said the ministry had plans to save forests and...
3 Billion at Risk When Cooking Meals
Source: Epoch Times
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-19 04:11:58 -0700 | green-news
While cooking can be considered a safe practice in most of the Western world, it is a potential lethal activity in other regions. Cooking a meal is the biggest environmental health risk in the world, said Radha Muthiah, executive director...
Fossils from Sindh need urgent attention
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 10:41:19 -0700 | green-news
In a lecture at Alliance Francaise in Karachi, Dr Rafique Ahmed Lashari form University of Sindh shared his views on paleontological studies carried out in Lakhra, Ranikot and Jharak areas, supported by the French government. In his lecture entitled Microfacies...
Forest fire razes 40ha in Dungun
Source: The Star
Dungun :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-19 07:00:24 -0700 | green-news
A 12-hour fire, suspected of being started by the open burning of rubbish, razed more than 40ha of forest in Kuala Abang here. Dungun Fire and Rescue Department senior officer Abdullah Ahmad said the fire was believed to have started...
350K squatter upgrade project
Source: Fiji Times
Suva :: Fiji Islands | updated 2013-05-19 13:19:08 -0700 | green-news
K squatter upgrade project Repeka Nasiko Monday, May 20, 2013 TWO informal settlement upgrading projects in the Western Division are being planned to address the squatter issue in the area...An initiative of the Ministry of Local Government and Housing, the...
LTA books 65 drivers
Source: Fiji Times
Suva :: Fiji Islands | updated 2013-05-19 13:18:59 -0700 | green-news
Western Division were caught committing traffic-related offences following an operation by LTA officers over the weekend. LTA spokesman Iliesa Sokia said speed cameras were used to catch the offending drivers. "The speed cameras were placed in certain places that we...
Plan for dump sites
Source: Fiji Times
Suva :: Fiji Islands | updated 2013-05-19 13:18:53 -0700 | green-news
Residents of Taveuni and Seaqaqa have been without proper dumping sites with waste management being a major issue. Senior environment officer North Senimili Nakora said they were awaiting approval of the projects. "We are still in the process of hiring...
How to keep the environment clean
Source: Fiji Times
Suva :: Fiji Islands | updated 2013-05-19 13:43:06 -0700 | green-news
How to keep the environment clean Nausori Town Council/ Sca Hygiene (Fiji) Monday, May 20, 2013 * Start the education program at home tell children not to throw rubbish everywhere. * Children/adults should be told about the proper disposal of...
Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city
Source: Fox News
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 13:01:41 -0700 | green-news
Alaska Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major threat to trans-continental aircraft. Geologist Kristi...
Plastic units pose a health hazard
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-19 12:52:09 -0700 | green-news
Residents of Karwan have to put up with the foul smell that emanates from more than 50 plastic cover making units operating for the last 10 to 15 years Pollution due to plastic units is not new to residents of...
Summer heat worsens duck plague in Thrissur
Source: The Hindu
Thrissūr :: India | updated 2013-05-19 12:52:04 -0700 | green-news
Duck plague has claimed over 6,000 ducks in Thrissur district...Divakaran Nair, professor and head of the Pathology Department of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur. The deaths were reported from Kole wetlands near Arimbur panchayat in the...
UC investigating if native forests can be restored (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-19 12:41:47 -0700 | green-news
UC investigating if native forests can be restored University of Canterbury, Fuseworks May 20, 2013, 7:00 am New Zealand has suffered a dramatic decline in native biodiversity which a University of Canterbury (UC) researcher has called the most pervasive environmental...
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