Hot Property: Hwy. 610-Noble Parkway park and ride in Brooklyn Park
Source: Star Tribune
Golden Valley :: MN :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 15:58:40 -0700 | green-news
1,000 cars Contractor: Knutson Construction Architect: Julie Snow Architects Details: Metro Transit's plan for a 1,000-car park-and-ride facility in Brooklyn Park is moving ahead with the Metropolitan Council's approval of a construction bid from Golden Valley-based Knutson Construction...
Agency to upgrade sewage treatment for North Jersey towns, targeting raw sewage overflow
Source: Glen Rock Gazette
Little Falls :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 15:52:43 -0700 | green-news
The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, which runs the nation's fifth-largest treatment facility, also has partnered with Rutgers University to promote green technology in North Jersey municipalities rain gardens and retention basins, as well as porous pavement and rain barrels to...
At Least 6 Dead After 10 Tornadoes Touch Down
Source: Sacramento News
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 15:43:51 -0700 | green-news
Weather officials say a thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado hit Dallas.Courtesy: Aaron Estmon/TexasChaser.com North Texas (CNN)- Chain saws wailed Thursday in Granbury, Texas, as residents began to clear away fallen trees and whittle down the mounds of household goods...
Opotiki farm fined for repeat discharge offence (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-16 15:38:02 -0700 | green-news
Opotiki farm fined for repeat discharge offence Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Fuseworks May 17, 2013, 9:55 am An Opotiki dairy farm company and its director have been fined $37,000 for discharging effluent from a pond where it entered a...
In-depth inspection at Ala. nuclear plant
Source: SF Gate
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 15:32:12 -0700 | green-news
This Federal authorities are conducting the final phase of an in-depth inspection at the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama, where safety violations have earned some of the worst ratings among plants monitored by the U.S...NRC officials ordered the unusual...
Another round of Hell Canyon bridge repairs to start Sunday
Source: Chino Valley Review
Chino Valley :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 15:18:43 -0700 | green-news
Following a major deck repair project in March, crews will repair a damaged steel plate on the pavement surface of the 600-foot-long bridge, which is located approximately eight miles north of Paulden...Wednesday, May 22 as crews work a 24-hour work...
South Asia in Search of Coordinated Climate Policy
Source: Inter Press Service
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-16 15:03:01 -0700 | green-news
Aggarwal cited the example of Indian apple farmers discovering new growing areas on higher grounds in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, after rising temperatures drove them from their traditional farmlands. He also pointed out that moderate increases in carbon...
March to Stop Monsanto
Source: Scoop
Quito :: Ecuador | updated 2013-05-16 14:58:52 -0700 | green-news
Rotorua joins the International March Against Monsanto' May 25...March Against Monsanto has announced that on May 25, hundreds of thousands of activists around the world will March Against Monsanto . Currently, marches are being planned on six continents, in 41...
New study: fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water
Source: Boston.com
Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 14:54:38 -0700 | green-news
A new study says natural gas drilling, or fracking, hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas but researchers say the geology there is more of a natural barrier to pollution than in other areas where drilling takes place. Duke University...
Sharing the burden of going green
Source: The Hindu
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-16 14:50:55 -0700 | green-news
The Centre must make richer, more developed States take up the responsibility for switching to renewable energy and reducing the country's dependence on coal If there are two words that describe India's current energy scenario, they will be: inefficient and...
Heavy rain for Bay of Plenty and Nelson (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Nelson :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-16 19:00:49 -0700 | green-news
Heavy rain for Bay of Plenty and Nelson MetService, Fuseworks May 17, 2013, 9:10 am A front is moving across New Zealand today, bringing a burst of heavy rain to many places. In Nelson, rain is likely to be persistent...
Agency to consider listing for Alaska lake seals
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 14:33:04 -0700 | green-news
Alaska The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Thursday it will consider listing a population of harbor seals that live in a freshwater Alaska lake as a threatened or endangered species, a decision that could affect the massive Pebble Mine development...
Profits vs. Disaster in Arctic Meltdown
Source: Inter Press Service
Uxbridge :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 14:27:19 -0700 | green-news
Many eyes are turning north to the Arctic, some in horror at the rapid decline of a key component of our life support system, others in eager anticipation at the untapped resources beneath the vanishing snow and ice. I've worked...
One person killed in SR-56 crash
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 14:00:06 -0700 | green-news
A man was killed in a head-on crash involving a driver possibly under the influence on state Route 56 Thursday morning. The westbound lanes of the highway were shut down after the 9:45 a.m. collision at Black Mountain Road, the...
Saskatchewan creates first new provincial park in nearly 20 years
Source: Star Phoenix
Prince Albert :: Canada | updated 2013-05-16 13:55:30 -0700 | green-news
Saskatchewan's newest provincial park is on the edge of the boreal forest, north of Prince Albert. Great Blue Heron Provincial Park covers more than 11,000 hectares and is the 35th protected park set aside by the government. It's near Anglin...
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