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Gisele Bundchen Helps Plant 50,000 Trees for Green Nation Fest - #WED2012

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:40:53 PDT

With successful tree planting and hundreds of inspired and educated children, Green Nation Fest was a big success.

Mineral Leases Give Boost to Rural Ohio

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:40:27 PDT

Residents of the upper Ohio River Valley are in the midst of an energy boom as companies pay them for mineral rights on their property. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read the original article]

Western Australia's catastrophic forest collapse

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:21:09 PDT

Recent, unprecedented, climate-driven forest collapses in Western Australia show us that ecosystem change can be sudden, dramatic and catastrophic. These collapses are a clear signal that we must develop new strategies to mitigate or prevent the future effects of climate change in Australian woodlands and forests. But society's view of forests is ever-changing: are we[...]

Minister hails climate change role

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:00:25 PDT

Mr Stevenson highlighted the county's green energy resources, together with its "world leading" targets for cutting emissions and its efforts to help some of the poorest nations deal with the impact of climate change. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read

Mitt Goes to Solyndra

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:30:30 PDT

The presidential candidate drops by the failed solar company to pointlessly beat a dead horse. Does anyone still care?

Xtreme Power Gets $10M Charge-Up for Grid Batteries

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:11:05 PDT

Xtreme Power, the startup with a battery technology being deployed in the tens of megawatts to back up wind farms and power grids, has

World Environment Day: Warm gas may rise 300% in 4 decades

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:10:53 PDT

If electricity consumption in your household continues as it does now and vehicles continue to be used without control in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, expect a three-fold increase in carbon dioxide emissions after four decades. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read

Green groups block websites to protest Canada oil

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:30:24 PDT

Plant Show Floriade 2012 Celebrates the Art of Growing

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:20:22 PDT

Growers flock to the Netherlands to see the latest trends in horticulture. Floriade celebrates environmental stewardship, green technology, landscaping and floral design. This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

The Biggest Wildfire in New Mexico's History, as Seen From Space.

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:50:42 PDT

NASA satellite imagery reveals the massive scope of New Mexico's record-setting blaze.

Staff shortage cripples Pollution Control Board in Kerala

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:50:25 PDT

Even though Kerala has witnessed extensive environmental activism, in the past three decades the state has not toned up the staff strength of the Pollution Control Board (PCB), the key institution mandated to regulate and monitor environmentally-sensitive enterprises. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read

Agra builds monument to clean sewage

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:50:25 PDT

Agra suffers the reality of be ing located along the Yamuna downstream of polluting cities like Delhi and Mathura. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read the original article]

Mithi hasn't shamed Mumbai the city has shamed the river

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:50:24 PDT

A foul-smelling river snaking through the city was Mumbai's best-kept secret till a heavy rain day, July 26, 2005, exposed its filthy underbelly. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read

Australia delays approval of $9.7 billion coal project

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:40:37 PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia said on Tuesday it would delay granting environmental approval for a A$10 billion ($9.72 billion) coal project proposed by India's GVK Power & Infrastructure, a potential setback in the company's bid to tap voracious appetite for coal in its home market.

Ingrid Newkirk: Have a Home for a Few Million Cats?

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:40:37 PDT

June is Adopt-a-Shelter-Cat Month, and I implore anyone who has the time, resources, energy, and love to devote to a cat to consider opening your heart and home to a feline (or two!) in need. Shelters are overflowing with cats of every stripe, from frisky kittens to loyal "lap cats." Unfortunately, finding a great home for even one cat is no easy task. Homes where[...]

12-Year-Old Starts Recycling Business, Donates Profits to Charity

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:30:37 PDT

"When you throw something away... it hasn't gone away," says the young recycling entrepreneur.

Riversutra gone all wrong

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:30:19 PDT

Where does our water come from and where does the sewage go? Ours is a story of mixing it all up [...][Published in GreenNews - Read the original article]

Deadly crash of air tanker fighting Utah fire probed

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:30:19 PDT

(Reuters) - Officials opened an investigation on Monday of an airplane tanker crash in Utah that caused the year's first two deaths among crews fighting U.S. wildfires, while hundreds of evacuees from a New Mexico blaze that is the nation's biggest this season returned home.

Gujarat villagers cement unity against a factory

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:30:19 PDT

Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, known to brook no protest, has been forced to live with the open defiance of one of his MLAs. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read the original[...]

Kerala village slams doors on city trash

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:30:19 PDT

The capital's waste is a sore point for Vilappilsala, a village of farmers and daily wagers 16 km from Thiruvananthapuram. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read the original[...]

Delhi's fight against a waste processing unit

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:10:30 PDT

Residents from a number of colonies in the plant's vicinity opposed it on the grounds that the plant would expose residents to major health hazards. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read the[...]

If not my backyard then whose?

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:10:30 PDT

Across Kerala people are saying they don't want garbage dumps, compost plants and even sewage treatment plants located close to their colony or village. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read the original[...]

Gangasagar: Half-a-million dips and an island drowning in waste

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:00:06 PDT

On Makar Sankranti, the last day of the month of Poush (mid-January), nearly 5lakh pilgrims converge on an island in the Sunderbans archipelago on the edge of the Bay of Bengal. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read

Pampa river: All plan, no action as Ganga of south gets sullied

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:00:06 PDT

Lack of proper sewage facilities, poor waste management, and unchecked sand mining have made Pampa river a dumping site for effluents. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read the[...]

Libya Officials Reportedly Negotiating With Militia Over Airport Seizure

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:00:06 PDT

Newspaper publisher says Libya officials are negotiating with a militia group, which seized Tripoli airport [...][Published in GreenNews - Read the original article]

Rubbish to Molong: NSW Planning's repressive approach to projects of significance

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:20:49 PDT

Would you classify a landfill for a rural city in New South Wales as state or regionally significant? Should it get a smoother ride through the planning system than other kinds and scales of development? Should it be immunised from local laws which discourage developments with adverse impacts? Later this month we will find out what the NSW Government thinks. Can NSW[...]

Environment Day: Warm gas may rise 300% in 4 decades

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:10:15 PDT

LOOK: 'Adopt Me, Maybe' Pet Cards Go Viral

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:10:15 PDT

After the onslaught of viral "Call Me, Maybe" tributes, both endearing and

Iron & steel industry struggling to meet green norms: CSE study

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:55:28 PDT

The iron and steel industry might be[...]

Progress Energy Requests To Lower Retail Customer Charges

GreenNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:22:52 PDT

RALEIGH, N.C. - For the third time in four years, Progress Energy Carolinas today is requesting to lower the overall rate N.C. retail customers pay for electric service. [...][Published in GreenNews - Read