Contributor ReportsEarthquakes felt in East, South Trinidad --
Source: Trinidad Express
Sangre Grande :: Trinidad and Tobago | updated Mon Nov 23 19:16:01 -0800 2009 | green-news
Earthquakes felt in East, South Trinidad Tuesday, November 24th 2009 Two earthquakes were recorded a mere 43 minutes apart on land in Trinidad by the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Unit on Sunday. The earthquakes, which were reportedly...
POLITICS: Climate Change High on Commonwealth Agenda
Source: Inter Press Service
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | updated Mon Nov 23 20:17:13 -0800 2009 | green-news
It is normally a conference bringing together leaders from Britain and its former colonies. But the Nov. 27-29 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has already attracted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and there is media speculation that U.S. President Barack Obama...
Harvesting a cancer cure
Source: 7days
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated Mon Nov 23 15:13:14 -0800 2009 | green-news
The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil’s vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers. In jungle so dense it all but blocks...
Guyana's President gets kudos from Prince Charles
Source: Caribbean360
Georgetown :: Guyana | updated Mon Nov 23 12:58:52 -0800 2009 | green-news
Britain's Prince Charles has praised Guyana's President for taking the lead in combating climate change by dedicating Guyana's entire forests to the cause. He gave the kudos at a meeting of his Rainforest Fund at St James's Palace, London to...
Secret World
Source: Fox News
Santiago :: Chile | updated Mon Nov 23 11:39:36 -0800 2009 | green-news
Researchers with the project have found about 5,600 new species on top of the 230,000 known. They hope to add several thousand more by October 2010, when the census will be done At 2,750 meters deep in the Northern Gulf...
Rangers arrest 112 Haitians for burning trees in National Park
Source: Dominican Today
Santo Domingo :: Dominican Republic | updated Mon Nov 23 10:00:14 -0800 2009 | green-news
Environment Ministry agents arrested more than 100 undocumented Haitians caught burning trees in the Los Haitises National Park, for which they’ll be charged and handed over to the Immigration Agency. Environment said the undocumented foreigners burned the trees in the...
Is biomass the fuel of the future?
Source: The Indianapolis Star
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 22 22:37:45 -0800 2009 | green-news
Jesse Kharbanda, executive director of the Hoosier Environmental Council, said his group is keeping an eye on the projects and is concerned about the effects on water and air. Biomass, on its face, seems like a good alternative energy resource,...
Looking ahead, Brazil's farmers take up reforestation
Source: Washington Post
Lucas do Rio Verde :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 22 17:39:31 -0800 2009 | green-news
For nearly 20 years, Luiz Alberto Bortolini cleared trees and planted soybeans as fast as he could, one of many pioneers who turned this barren outpost into prosperous farmland. Now, he and hundreds of other successful farmers are replanting trees...
Sting warns of hydroelectric project in Amazon
Source: Seattle Times
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated Sun Nov 22 19:06:13 -0800 2009 | green-news
Brazil — British pop star Sting says Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest. Sting told a news conference Sunday in Sao Paulo the decision...
Rising sea levels threaten Caribbean region
Source: Los Angeles Times
Cartagena :: Colombia | updated Sun Nov 22 00:13:36 -0800 2009 | green-news
The effect of climate change is anything but hypothetical to retired Colombian naval officer German Alfonso. Just ask him about the time his neighborhood in this historic coastal city became an island. For five years, Alfonso, 74, has watched tides...
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