Solar plane lands in Arizona
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 06:18:12 -0700 | green-news
A solar-powered airplane has landed in Phoenix after a 19-hour flight from California on the first leg of an attempt to fly across the United States with no fuel but the sun's energy. more » Glimmer of hope even as...
FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods
Source: Arizona Republic
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-04-29 14:15:48 -0700 | green-news
The Food and Drug Administration says it will launch a new investigation into foods with added caffeine and their potential impact on the health of children and adolescents. The FDA's new look at added caffeine is in response to a...
Lead threat grows for rare US birds
Source: BBC
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-04-17 01:22:33 -0700 | green-news
Lead bullet fragments poison rare US condors Environment correspondent, BBC News California condors are under continuing threat from lead ammunition fragments Conservationists in the United States say that fragments of lead ammunition continue to take a desperate toll on one...
Westlands offers plan to retire 24,000 acres for solar power
Source: The Fresno Bee
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-04-16 13:16:15 -0700 | green-news
54 PM Text Size: tool goes here The Westlands Water District is forging ahead with efforts to plan a solar energy park on thousands of acres of poor farmland in Kings County. The water district is partnering with Westside Holdings...
ADOT's geotechnical investigation at U.S. 89 landslide enters final stage
Source: Navajo Hopi Observer
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-04-16 11:51:08 -0700 | green-news
The access path will allow geotechnical engineers to dig pits, approximately 20-40 feet long and 10-15 feet deep, which will provide critical information regarding any movement that may be present at the base of the slide...But before we can start...
Ariz. officials: Leave desert tortoises in wild
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-04-15 07:52:59 -0700 | green-news
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Arizona wildlife officials say residents should leave desert tortoises in the wild. The Arizona Game and Fish Department recently announced that last year 71 desert tortoises were turned over to their...
Young Navajo activist takes climate change fight to court, State Capitol
Source: Navajo Hopi Observer
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-04-09 11:36:07 -0700 | green-news
Jaime Lynn Butler isn't old enough to vote, but that hasn't stopped the 12-year-old from becoming a plaintiff in a lawsuit against Gov. Jan Brewer and speaking to members of the Arizona Legislature about climate change. In 2011, the Western...
Fire southwest of Valley up to 1,000 acres
Source: Chandler Republic
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2012-05-08 01:04:50 -0700 | travel-news
The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team The Arlington Fire that's sending a large plume of smoke over parts of the Southwest Valley has grown four-fold since Tuesday evening, to 1,000 acres, and is now 25 percent contained, according to...
Alaska Lashed by Savage Storm
Source: KSAZ
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2012-01-12 01:56:34 -0800 | political-news
A rare, hurricane-like storm continued to pound western Alaska on Wednesday with powerful winds, destructive waves, severe coastline erosion and blizzard conditions. "It's still really nasty. It's not over yet," Bob Fischer of the National Weather Service (NWS) said of...
Texas Rain Not Enough To Stop Draught
Source: KSAZ
Waco :: TX :: USA | updated 2011-12-10 14:06:11 -0800 | technology-news
Rain finally came to drought-stricken areas of Texas Sunday, but there will not be enough precipitation to end the state's longest dry period on record, national weather experts said. According to the US Drought Monitor, much of Texas remains in...
Frog killer immune genes revealed
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2011-11-29 19:58:16 -0800 | health-news
Scientists have taken a big step toward understanding why some frogs survive the fungal disease chytridiomycosis while others quickly die. A group from Cornell University, US, identified genetic factors that seem to make some individual frogs immune.
Aftershock Registered in Virginia
Source: KSAZ
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2011-10-30 06:12:34 -0700 | travel-news
Virginia early Thursday morning, less than two days after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake rattled a wide swath of the eastern US...It was the strongest aftershock registered since Tuesday's major earthquake that forced at least partial evacuations of the US Capitol building...
Freeport to Pay for Acid Spill
Source: KSAZ
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2011-09-15 16:25:19 -0700 | business-news
A mining company has agreed to a $150,000 settlement for a 168,000-gallon acid spill from a company pipeline into a river tributary in eastern Arizona's Greenlee County. Arizona officials announced Thursday that Freeport McMoRan Morenci Inc. will pay a $75,000...
Metro Phoenix 20th on green-job list
Source: Chandler Republic
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2011-09-13 09:08:01 -0700 | technology-news
The Arizona Republic Metro Phoenix ranked 20th out of the top 100 metropolitan areas for the proportion of jobs connected with the "green" or "clean" economy last year, says the Brookings Institution in a report released today.
Massive Dust Storm Blankets Phoenix
Source: International Business Times
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2011-09-08 02:02:13 -0700 | travel-news
The latest US business and financial news as well as issues and events Sample Thousands of people were left without power after strong winds toppled trees. The violent dust or sandstorm called a haboob, is a type of intense sandstorm...
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