Indonesia court boosts indigeno...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-17 18:24:23 -0700 | green-news
An Indonesian court has ruled indigenous people have the right to manage forests where they live, a move which supporters said prevents the government from handing over community-run land to businesses. Disputes between indigenous groups and companies have become increasingly...
Court rules hydro project can proceed without environmental assessment
Source: The Globe & Mail
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 18:05:24 -0700 | green-news
EDT Peter Robinson, Chief Executive Officer of the David Suzuki Foundation, and David Suzuki are pictured during a meeting with the Editorial Board at The Globe and Mail in 2012. The foudation was part of a coalition that demanded an...
Rain dampens one of Indiana's largest industries
Source: Courier & Press
Evansville :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 17:58:32 -0700 | green-news
Rain and cold weather this spring have delayed the start of one of Indiana's largest industries. Corn the single largest crop produced in the state produces the highest yields when planted by May 10, said Posey County Purdue Extension Educator...
Yukon River breakup causing flooding in Eagle
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Eagle :: ID :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 01:24:05 -0700 | green-news
Alaska Breakup on the Yukon River has begun and there is flooding in Eagle, a small community of fewer than 100 people in eastern Alaska near the border with Canada. Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve ranger Pat Sanders says the ice...
State appeals dismissal of roadless rule challenge
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Juneau :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 17:50:08 -0700 | green-news
Alaska The state of Alaska is appealing the dismissal of its challenge to a federal roadless rule in national forests. A federal judge in March said Alaska's challenge was too late, falling outside the limit for appeals. The 2001 rule...
Bird flu death toll rises in China
Source: Al Jazeera English
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-18 02:06:13 -0700 | green-news
12 The number of new cases has dwindled in some provinces, which have scaled back emergency operations [Reuters] Four more people have died from a new strain of bird flu in China, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus...
Mulayam''s lion safari gets green nod
Source: Indian Express
Mumbai :: India | updated 2013-05-17 17:12:10 -0700 | green-news
A year ago, MoEF had stopped all work following alleged Forest Act violations A month after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav himself wrote a letter requesting speedy approval for Mulayam's dream project of setting up a Lion Safari in Fisher Forest...
One stretch of South Bypass reopening;U.S. 60-West to U.S. 41-A is closing
Source: Courier & Press
Evansville :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 16:38:35 -0700 | green-news
Alternate at approximately 5 a.m. today, the cabinet advised...It is expected to be closed to all through traffic until next Friday, May 24, although local access will be maintained along the work zone for businesses and property owners along this...
Special Report: State to test quake-proof water pipes
Source: KTUV
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 16:33:55 -0700 | green-news
Earthquake proof water pipes time-tested in Japan for the last 4 decades are coming to California, with the first Bay Area pilot project scheduled for next year. Replacing water pipes in the earthquake prone Golden State will likely cost so...
Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air
Source: The Sacramento Bee
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 16:33:31 -0700 | green-news
One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes has shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air in an ongoing eruption that has drawn attention from a nearby community but isn't expected to threaten air traffic. An air traffic controller in...
The sense in hedging for climate volatility
Source: The Globe & Mail
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 16:16:26 -0700 | green-news
EDT Beachfront homes lie in ruin in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaways, New York, Nov. 4, 2012. Munich Re, the world largest re-insurer (that is, the insurance companies' insurer) knows the planet's weather is changing radically and...
Red algae blooms in Puget Sound not 'red tide'
Source: The News Tribune
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-17 16:08:34 -0700 | green-news
But city and Whatcom County officials already have a running start, and they believe this complex water-pollution problem will be solved. They expect at least to get most of the way to a solution after hearing a staff report Thursday,...
New fracking regulations upset just about everybody
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 14:59:59 -0700 | green-news
The shared discontent reflects the complexity of the debate surrounding hydraulic fracturing and natural gas use. New draft regulations on a controversial drilling method are drawing fire from both sides of the hydraulic fracturing debate. The technique, which involves injecting...
Utah video contest zooms in on clearing the smog
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 14:53:43 -0700 | green-news
Everybody can be doing something, and it wouldn't take much time out of your day," Kam said. "It would help so much." The contest is underway just in time for Utah's smog season, which starts in earnest in June and...
What will really happen when Yellowstone volcano has a super eruption?
Source: io9
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 14:38:33 -0700 | green-news
Lurking beneath Yellowstone National Park is a massive underground reservoir of magma, capped by the park's famous caldera ...What would happen if another such event blasted the park today? Jake Lowenstern , scientist-in-charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
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