Mexico slaughters 55,000 chickens to contain bird flu
Source: NewKerala
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-09 23:53:44 -0700 | green-news
The Senasica food-safety agency ordered the birds sacrificed after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the H7 virus at the farm in Palmar de Bravo. Senasica suspects the virus was spread to Puebla by chickens from other Mexican states affected...
Death toll in Mexico gas explosion rises to 24
Source: The Boston Globe
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-09 12:00:44 -0700 | green-news
The death toll in a gas tanker-truck explosion on the outskirts of Mexico City has risen to 24 because another victim died of injuries suffered in the massive blast. The governor of Mexico State told local media about the latest...
FPL's rising natural-gas use spurs push for new pipeline into Florida
Source: Orlando Sentinel Online
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-08 16:14:22 -0700 | green-news
Competing with the high-pressure whine of natural gas surging through gleaming pipes, Florida Power & Light Co. executives on Wednesday dedicated their newest power plant: a monster overlooking the Indian River Lagoon that bolsters the utility's campaign to build an...
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Gas Tanker Explodes; 22 Dead
Source: Newyork Times
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-07 18:09:30 -0700 | green-news
May 7, 2013 Victor Rojas/Agence France-Presse Getty Images A double tanker transporting gas struck a containment wall on a highway in a Mexico City suburb on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing 22 people and injuring 31, the authorities said....
Flu infections rising among Chinese pigs
Source: The Courier-Mail
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-07 16:59:15 -0700 | green-news
FLU infections are rising among pigs raised for slaughter on farms in south and southeastern China, also plagued by bird flu, and the risk of spillover to humans is "constant or growing", according to one of the authors of a...
Petrol bill tops $1b
Source: Fiji Times
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-07 13:04:22 -0700 | green-news
Mr Natuva said this figure equated to a quarter of the country's total imports. "The provision of energy supplies not only affects the economy at large but the very foundation of our existence," he said. "Fiji, like any other country...
Critics Slam California “Forest Offset” Plan
Source: Inter Press Service
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-07 10:32:29 -0700 | green-news
Deforestation is inherent to the predatory economy, whether for the exploitation of the timber itself, the soil beneath the trees, or resources in the subsoil. More than two dozen environmental organisations are urging California Governor Jerry Brown to disregard recommendations...
18 dead in Mexico tanker blast
Source: CNN
Ecatepec :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-24 01:15:22 -0700 | green-news
Salvador Neme, the secretary for citizen security in Mexico state, said two of the victims were children. Flames engulfed cars and houses near the explosion, video from CNN affiliate Foro TV showed. According to initial reports from police, the tanker...
First SIDS DOCK Pacific Regional Meeting Being Held In Fiji
Source: Scoop
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-02 18:37:05 -0700 | green-news
emissions, and generate resources for investment in adaptation to climate change...Captain Timoci Lesi Natuva, Minister for Public Utilities (Water and Energy), Works and Transport, is scheduled to officially open the meeting, along with H...Cancun, Mexico, to help small islands transition...
Japanese firm to build auto parts plant in Mexico
Source: NewKerala
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-01 00:58:53 -0700 | green-news
Furukawa, which supplies products to the automotive, construction, electronics, energy, materials and telecom industries, expects the $12.2 million plant to be finished in January 2014, the Nikkei business daily said. The company currently has two auto parts plants in Mexico,...
Sam Judd: Sued for growing food
Source: The New Zealand Herald
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-30 14:14:18 -0700 | green-news
The more genetically modified seeds that are used, the more herbicides are required. Photo / Thinkstock The worlds' food giants are extending their control over world food systems by patenting everyday vegetables, such as broccoli, onions, melons, lettuce and cucumber....
Sally Jewell: How 'green' is the new Interior secretary?
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-29 13:28:13 -0700 | green-news
Sally Jewell's first moves as secretary of the US Interior Department show so far that she's embracing her dual legacy as an environmental steward with rare ties to the oil industry, Graeber writes...Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell went green with one...
U.S. oil efforts focus on Atlantic coast
Source: United Press International
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-29 04:22:58 -0700 | green-news
Potential oil and natural gas reserves off the coast of Virginia must be included in a comprehensive energy plan, the oil industry said...Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., introduced legislation last week that would open areas off the coast of Virginia to...
Carbon Credits Could Finance Improved Cookstoves in Mexico
Source: Inter Press Service
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-25 06:29:26 -0700 | green-news
A woman prepares corn tortillas on a fuel-efficient wood stove. Environmental organisations in Mexico are hoping to finance the promotion of fuel-efficient wood-fired cookstoves, which reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions, through the sale of carbon credits on the voluntary market....
Green line divides co-op candidates
Source: The Durango Herald
Durango :: Mexico | updated 2013-04-24 23:39:16 -0700 | green-news
It's no different in springtime races for La Plata Electric Association Board of Directors when candidates regularly make arguments for and against green forms of energy. Four seats of the 12-member board are up for renewal every spring with this...
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