New York Aquarium Opens Memorial Day Weekend
Source: Epoch Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 04:00:48 -0700 | green-news
Memorial Day, the New York Aquarium will partially reopen on Saturday, May 25. Just a few hundred feet from the Atlantic Ocean on Coney Island, the aquarium has been closed since October 29, 2012, when Hurricane Sandy slammed into the...
New York could require labels for GMO food
Source: NY Daily News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:15:55 -0700 | green-news
New York Legislature considers bill requiring labels for genetically modified food Bills have been introduced in the Assembly by Democrat Linda Rosenthal and the Senate by Republican Kenneth LaValle. They could make New York the first state in the nation...
The Lede: NOAA Predicts Extremely Active Hurricane Season
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:35:04 -0700 | green-news
Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, warns that the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be highly active. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its 2013 Atlantic hurricane outlook on Thursday,...
Haida group dumps man behind ocean fertilization
Source: The Globe & Mail
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:48:59 -0700 | green-news
Russ George has been dumped by the small Haida organization for which he designed a controversial ocean fertilization project last year...Mr. George's employment as an officer of the corporation, it states. Story continues below ad Mr. George could not be...
Flash flood warning issued for northeast New Jersey
Source: Suburban Trends
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:34:44 -0700 | green-news
A watch means severe weather is possible during the next few hours, while a warning means that severe weather has been observed, or is expected soon.
Heat-related deaths may increase with climate change
Source: Fox News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 08:42:15 -0700 | green-news
Published May 23, 2013 LiveScience Heat-related deaths in New York City's borough of Manhattan may rise about 20 percent over the next decade, according to a new study. Researchers at Columbia University in New York analyzed the relationship between daily...
Debunking 'The Big Lie' About Genetically Engineered Crops
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:19:11 -0700 | green-news
Miller and Graham Brookes In spite of two decades of stunning scientific, humanitarian and financial successes and an admirable record of health and environmental safety, the application of genetic engineering to agriculture is still beleaguered by activists.
Tornado-hit Oklahoma tops in disaster declarations, ninth in disaster grants
Source: Denver Post
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 19:52:00 -0700 | green-news
But in recent years, Oklahoma ranks behind eight other states in the amount federal money promised to help clean up debris and patch public infrastructure. (See chart) Stateline analyzed the Federal Emergency Management Agency's database of Public Assistance Funded Projects...
Ignore biodiversity management at your own peril
Source: The Hindu
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 03:06:57 -0700 | green-news
The United Nations designated May 22 as the International Day for Biological Diversity, to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues...Water and biodiversity are sources of life and livelihood or options for reducing poverty and enhancing human welfare.
TV catches drunken man directing NJ Transit buses in New York
Source: Waldwick Suburban News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 12:35:51 -0700 | green-news
A television camera crew caught footage of a man who says he's a homeless alcoholic directing bus traffic out of a New Jersey Transit lot in midtown Manhattan. NBC New York reports that the man was wearing an agency vest...
Organic Lobby Attacks Biotech Advances, Obscures Own Sustainability And Nutrition Doubletalk
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 18:37:36 -0700 | green-news
The anti-biotech disinformation efforts have been in full gear over the past week. The leading critic is the Organic Consumers Association led by Ronnie Cummins, with help from foodies like Michael Pollan and Mark Bittman . Recently, however, the OCA...
Traditional Food Preservation Methods to Stop Waste - UN
Source: Scoop
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 18:04:17 -0700 | green-news
Fermenting birds, naturally freeze-drying potatoes and squeezing meat on a saddle are some of the traditional methods used by cultures around the world to preserve food highlighted today by the United Nations environment agency, which is stressing the importance of...
Thou Shalt Not Speak Ill Of The Lord God Oil
Source: San Francisco Bay Guardian
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 16:34:32 -0700 | green-news
I've been going for the last year and a half at the prodding and urging of my friend Stacy "Beano" Johnson, a lively and lovely woman and an ex-pat Okie from outside Tulsa. Yesterday, I walked in to find her...
Climate change will mean more heat deaths
Source: paging dr. gupta
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 12:34:56 -0700 | green-news
As greenhouse gases cause average temperatures to climb worldwide, human health will suffer, scientists say. A study in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that heat deaths in Manhattan will increase over the rest of this century in connection with...
4 falcon chicks living on George Washington Bridge are banded
Source: South Burgenite
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:59:07 -0700 | green-news
Four falcon chicks that live on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey have gotten identifying bands around their legs. Their mother's squawks competed with the din of rush-hour traffic on Tuesday. The chicks hatched three weeks ago...
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