Need Plastic for Garbage
Source: Santa Barbara Independent
Santa Bárbara d'Oeste :: Brazil | updated 2012-06-20 15:43:22 -0700 | business-news
However, I have a problem with outlawing every single plastic bag. This might be fine for people who own a garbage disposal, but what about those of us who need to dispose of garbage in trash containers? We can't wrap our...
Rescuing frogs, so they can rescue us
Source: BBC
Panama City :: Panama | updated 2012-06-10 13:46:27 -0700 | health-news
But a fungus dubbed "the amphibian smallpox" is making many species extinct...It's the middle of the night in the rainforests of central Panama. Biologist Brian Gratwicke slogs through a stream with a group of researchers looking for little green blobs...
Rescue workers rush to reach trapped miners in Peru
Source: CNN
Ica :: Peru | updated 2012-06-24 15:48:45 -0700 | travel-news
The miners have been stuck since Thursday in the wildcat Cabeza de Negro mine, the state-run Andina news agency said. "My understanding is that we are a little less than two meters away and that tonight, it's very likely the...
Feds: Salmonella outbreak sickens 5 in Carolinas
Source: Myrtle Beach Online
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2012-06-06 15:11:47 -0700 | travel-news
FDA probes salmonella that has sickened 90 people FDA probes salmonella that has sickened 90 people Federal health officials are investigating a growing outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 90 people in 19 states and the District of Columbia, according...
UN in Haiti sees jump in cholera cases
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2012-07-25 04:13:51 -0700 | political-news
Haiti The United Nations says Haiti has seen a jump in the number of cholera cases as the rainy season begins. The U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says in a bulletin released Tuesday that the new...
Mystery bird: burrowing parakeet, Cyanoliseus patagonus | @GrrlScientist
Source: The Guardian
San Luis :: Argentina | updated 2012-06-03 15:54:20 -0700 | technology-news
burrowing parakeet, Cyanoliseus patagonus This distinctive Argentine mystery bird is named for one of its many surprising behaviours (includes several videos) Burrowing parakeet, Cyanoliseus patagonus patagonus (protonym, Psittacus patagonus ), Vieillot, 1818, also known as the burrowing...
Chevron, Transocean charged in Brazil
Source: United Press International
Brasília :: Brazil | updated 2012-06-02 09:36:37 -0700 | travel-news
Chevron and Transocean should be fined $273 million for every day they violate a suspension order in Brazil, a prosecutor in the country said. More than 2,500 barrels of oil spilled at the Frade field operated by Chevron off the...
Warning about drinking water after blaze
Source: Bermuda Sun
Saint George :: Bermuda | updated 2012-05-30 15:39:55 -0700 | technology-news
That's the message to residents whose homes might have been affected by the Pembroke Dump fire. Senior Environmental Health officer George Simons said people should block downpipes into water tanks to cut the risk of water contamination from airborne debris...
Chevron blamed in Brazil oil spill: report
Source: Channel NewsAsia
Brasília :: Brazil | updated 2012-07-25 04:12:49 -0700 | sports-news
A huge oil spill off Brazil's southern coast was the result of excessive pressure used by oil giant Chevron in drilling the sea floor, according to a report by police and prosecutors published by local media Tuesday. The O Globo...
Southerly change brings bitter weather change
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
California City :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-05-18 22:07:33 -0700 | travel-news
The MetService warned of heavy rain over areas from Northland, Auckland and Coromandel to Gisborne. Around 180mm of rain was possible over parts of Northland, and more than 100mm in the north of Auckland, Coromandel Peninsula and Gisborne. People in...
Farmer slapped with eight year jail sentence for rhino poaching
Source: Mail and Guardian
Natal :: Brazil | updated 2012-07-06 19:45:54 -0700 | political-news
A Limpopo game farmer has been given an eight-year sentence for his involvement in rhino poaching, according to a report on Wednesday. Jaques Els (39) of Thabazimbi, was also ordered to pay the Green Scorpions R1-million, by the Makhado Magistrate's...
Fernandez numbers hurt by slowing Argentine economy
Source: Reuters
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2012-06-19 19:32:24 -0700 | business-news
Topics Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner smiles as she attends the opening session of the 130th legislative term of Congress in Buenos Aires, March 1, 2012. Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez's popularity fell to a 13-month low of 42.1 percent...
Former President Bill Clinton urges officials to stem Haiti cholera outbreak
Source: Washington Post
Mirebalais :: Haiti | updated 2012-05-08 01:04:53 -0700 | travel-news
President Bill Clinton is urging officials to stem a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 7,000 people in Haiti since it was introduced to the country by a U.N. peacekeeper. Clinton made the remarks Wednesday as he toured a...
Tropical birds 'face extinction'
Source: BBC
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-05 17:33:08 -0700 | technology-news
The finding is modelled on the effects of a 3.5C Earth surface temperature rise, a Biological Conservation Journal paper shows. Species may struggle to adapt to habitat loss and extreme weather events, author Cagan Sekercioglu says. Mountain, coastal, restricted-range, and...
DON'T MISS! World's 25 biggest hydro-electric power stations
Source: India Abroad
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated 2012-05-05 07:27:03 -0700 | business-news
Countries across the world are busy exploring their individual resources to generate power. We present here a list of 25 biggest hydel power stations of the world...World's 25 biggest hydro-electric power stations Last updated on: March 5, 2012 12:23 IST Share...
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