Bengkalis calls for firefighting assistance
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-19 03:31:57 -0700 | green-news
Bengkalis deputy regent Suayatno said the fires, which burned hectares of rubber and palm oil plantations and bushes in Sepahat, Tanjung Leban and Bukit Kerikil villages, had been raging since March 1. Fire fighting teams have tried to extinguish the...
My gaur for your rhino, Jayalalithaa asks Gogoi
Source: The Hindu
Vandalūr :: India | updated 2013-06-19 03:13:24 -0700 | green-news
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has written to her Assam counterpart seeking a pair of greater one-horned rhinoceros for the zoo in Vandalur near Chennai...Jayalalithaa, who is also Chairperson of the Zoo Authority of Tamil Nadu, in her letter on...
China endeavors to boost wildlife protection
Source: Chinadaily
Taipei :: Taiwan | updated 2013-06-19 02:28:38 -0700 | green-news
To better protect the country's biodiversity, China is pooling efforts to further protect endangered species and crack down on illegal animal trafficking. "China will intensify and coo rdinate efforts to strengthen wildlife protection," said Yin Hong, deputy dire cto r...
Crews work overnight to clean Black Warrior River oil spill
Source: The Tuscaloosa News
Tuscaloosa :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 01:48:01 -0700 | green-news
Michelle Lepianka Carter The Tuscaloosa News Staff Writer Published: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 3:30 a.m...Crews with Hunt Refining Co. worked overnight to clean about four barrels of oil that spilled into the Black Warrior River on Monday. Officials believe...
Animal CSI: Inside The Smithsonian's Feather Forensics Lab
Source: National Public Radio
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-06-19 01:46:20 -0700 | green-news
But less is known about which birds these pythons have been snacking on...She gets to work, picking up one of the plastic bags, labeled "Python no. Collected on) March 18th, 2013." "We can see what's in here and go to...
Greenland's Great Melt Is Pinned On Climate Change
Source: Truthdig
Nuuk :: Greenland | updated 2013-06-19 01:44:36 -0700 | green-news
For a few days in July 2012, almost 97% of the surface of Greenland began suddenly to thaw...Greenland carries a burden of three million cubic kilometres of ice and even in the summer, most of it stays frozen, partly because...
Africa: Future Earth Takes Flight With Inaugural Science Committee
Source: All Africa
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-19 01:43:29 -0700 | green-news
Global sustainability research programme Future Earth has announced its inaugural science committee, with Institute of Development Studies Professorial Fellow Melissa Leach serving as vice chair. Future Earth is major ten-year international research programme which aims to provide the critical...
Fire and Rescue Department: 14 areas highly susceptible to forest fires identified
Source: The Star
Beaufort :: Malaysia | updated 2013-06-19 01:43:06 -0700 | green-news
The Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) has identified 14 high-risk areas susceptible to forest fires in during the hot and dry spell that is expected to last until September. They are the Selangor Agricultural Development Corporation lands and Raja Musa...
Fresno's only historically rainless day approaches
Source: The Fresno Bee
Fresno :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 00:24:08 -0700 | green-news
Since weather record-keeping began in the late 1870s, Fresno has never seen rain on June 21...According to the records, June 21 is the only rainless day of the year in Fresno. In other words, all the torrid, parched days of...
U.S. seeks to reopen disputed Imperial Sand Dunes area to off-roaders
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 00:00:38 -0700 | green-news
A new federal plan for managing the Imperial Sand Dunes calls for reopening to off-road vehicles 40,000 acres that have been closed since 2000, when the site became embroiled in a legal battle involving threatened plant species. Counting that acreage,...
Rare turtle species facing extinction
Source: Zee News
Agartala :: India | updated 2013-06-18 23:45:44 -0700 | green-news
The soft-shell N nigricans turtles, a rare species found only in the tank of the Tripureswari Temple in Gomati district of Tripura, is facing extinction...The fifteenth century temple constructed by king Dhanyamanikya in Udaipur, 55 km from Agartala, is believed...
Northwest study could alter FasTracks vote
Source: The Denver Post
Louisville :: KY :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 23:32:34 -0700 | green-news
A 13-month study of the transit needs of communities along the U.S...If stakeholders including cities, local transit activists and residents agree on a transportation system that veers significantly from the approved FasTracks plan, it must be resubmitted to voters within...
Officials impose fire limits
Source: The Durango Herald
Durango :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 05:50:49 -0700 | green-news
W ith five wildfires burning across the state, La Plata County, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe will be implementing stage 1 fire restrictions beginning Wednesday. Generally, stage 1 restrictions mean:...
Efforts on to improve storage in Vaigai dam
Source: The Hindu
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-06-18 23:28:27 -0700 | green-news
Karthikeyan Power generation commences at Lower Camp With continuous rainfall and good inflow into Periyar dam, the Public Works Department engineers have stepped up discharge to 514 cusecs from mere 100 cusecs to improve the storage level in Vaigai dam...
Activists keep pushing for N.J. ban on fracking waste
Source: Glen Ridge Voice
Kearny :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 23:20:00 -0700 | green-news
Concerned that pressure would grow for New Jersey to accept fracking waste from neighboring Pennsylvania, where companies are using the process to extract gas from the Marcellus Shale deposits, the Legislature had passed such a ban last year, but Governor...
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