China to invest big to support Beidou system
Source: China News
Wuhan :: China | updated 2013-05-17 12:47:35 -0700 | green-news
Wuhan ( China Daily) China is expected to invest 7 billion yuan ($1.13 billion) to support the development of industries related to the country's Beidou satellite navigation system before 2015, an industry insider said. "Industries related to the Beidou system...
Person falls from Rengstorff overpass onto Hwy. 101
Source: Mountain View VOICE
Mountain View :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 12:42:12 -0700 | green-news
A person apparently jumped off the Rengstorff Avenueoverpass onto Highway 101 around 11 a.m. this morning, May 17, according to Art Montiel, public information officer with the California Highway Patrol. Emergency officials have not yet confirmed whether the person died...
'I couldn't stop screaming': Witnesses describe Texas tornadoes
Source: Datzhott
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 12:09:45 -0700 | green-news
Seven people remained unaccounted for on Friday as search efforts continued in the hard-hit Hood County town of Granbury, where a cluster of more than 60 homes built by Habitat for Humanity were among the worst off. The Zapata family...
Some 161 animals, 194 plants risk extinction in Italy
Source: Ansa
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-17 11:49:34 -0700 | green-news
Some 161 animal species and 194 plant specimens risk extinction in Italy, according to a new study released Friday...Amongst those are various species of lake and river fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and sea fish, as well as flora, the...
Hundreds of dead animals wash up on Chile's shores
Source: Fox News
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-17 11:44:46 -0700 | green-news
Chile Chilean officials are investigating the death of hundreds of penguins, pelicans and other animals that are washing up on the county's shores. Authorities say they suspect that fishermen using explosives may have killed the animals found at the...
Burmese Python caught in Puerto Rico river
Source: Fox News
Manatí :: Puerto Rico | updated 2013-05-17 11:44:37 -0700 | green-news
Puerto Rico Authorities in Puerto Rico have caught a 12-foot (3.6-meter) Burmese Python that they had been trying to find for several weeks following complaints from residents in the area...Angel Atienza with the Department of Natural Resources said Friday...
States with tsunami debris to get small payout from Japanese fund
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Juneau :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 15:43:18 -0700 | green-news
Alaska West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is distributing the money...
Land, a key issue in tapping shale gas potential: ONGC chief
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-17 11:40:49 -0700 | green-news
Suitable environment should be created for nurturing this nascent and yet highly potential fuel source' Land is one of the major challenges that would have to be handled strategically before India could tap its resources of shale gas, Chairman and...
Doctors Confirm Black Lung In Victims Of Mine Blast
Source: National Public Radio
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 11:40:20 -0700 | green-news
The report urges more frequent X-rays and lung function tests for coal miners. It also urges physicians to "take exposure histories" for coal miners, including the jobs they performed, the machinery they operated, the kind of mines that employed them...
Chinook Pass reopens
Source: Seattle Times
Yakima :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 10:50:45 -0700 | green-news
Crews worked more than a month clearing 20-feet deep snow and avalanches from Highway 410 on the east side of Mount Rainier National Park. Spokeswoman Summer Derrey says Friday's opening is a week ahead of the goal of opening the...
Montclair Environmental Coordinator Gray Russell wins "Boggie"
Source: Glen Rock Gazette
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 10:50:10 -0700 | green-news
The Montclair Times In the late 1980s, municipal Environmental Affairs Coordinator Gray Russell was working in the music business when he heard a lecture at the Museum of Natural History in New York City about the dwindling rainforests. Russell was...
Oil majors flock to offshore Brazil
Source: United Press International
Brasília :: Brazil | updated 2013-05-17 10:44:48 -0700 | green-news
French supermajor Total said it secured awards for 10 new exploration licenses during the latest auction for Brazilian reserves. Total said it will serve as the operator with a 40 percent stake in five blocks in the Foz do Amazonas...
Australia issues RFT for radar development
Source: United Press International
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-05-17 10:44:47 -0700 | green-news
Australia's CEA Technologies has received a Request for Tender for development of a High Power Phased Array Radar concept demonstrator. Royal Australian Navy's Future Frigates through Project SEA 5000," said Minister for Defense Materiel Mike Kelly.
Slow start to Utica shale boom
Source: United Press International
Columbus :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 10:44:46 -0700 | green-news
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said natural gas production from the Utica shale play was slow but could pick up in the next few years. The Utica and Marcellus shale plays are among the most lucrative in the United...
Bipartisan praise heaped on energy chief Moniz
Source: United Press International
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 10:44:45 -0700 | green-news
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will help position the United States as a world leader in terms of sustainable natural resources, President Obama said...Sen. Lisa Murkowski , R-Alaska, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, said both...
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