Caribbean launches CCORAL, a new climate change initiative
By Peter Richards From Caribbean 360 CASTRIES, St Lucia, Friday July 12, 2013 – The Caribbean Climate Online Risk and Adaptation Tool (CCORAL) was launched here Friday with regional countries hoping it will become another initiative that will result in…
$300 Million Caribbean Clean Energy Plant
7th Heaven Properties Appointed to Source Site for $300 Million Caribbean Clean Energy Plant Caribbean real estate specialists 7th Heaven Properties exclusively appointed by Cahill Energy to source sites across the Caribbean and Central America to build a $300 million…
Big lionfish found at disturbing depths
By Megan Gannon LiveScience From NBC News The relentless scourge of lionfish has crept to unexpected depths: Off the coast of Florida, researchers say they found the venomous invader thriving around a sunken ship at 300 feet (91 meters) below…
How music and dance are deeply intertwined
From News Track India Washington, June 7 (ANI): As male superb lyrebirds sing, they often move their bodies to the music in a choreographed way, adding evidence from human cultures around the world that music and dance are deeply intertwined…
Want protection from superstorms? Bring back our wetlands
by s.e. smith From Care2 Wetlands offer a quiet natural beauty filled with shorebirds, other animals, and a variety of plants like mangroves, reeds, and more, but they’re dwindling in number and that’s bad news–not just for the animals and…
Chantal is gone but remains will bring rain
Chantal dissipated Wednesday afternoon into a tropical rainstorm (wave). Though the threat for damaging winds has decreased, heavy, flooding downpours will continue from Hispaniola to the Bahamas and here in Cayman we will feel its effects too. From the Cayman…
Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF 2013)
The largest annual gathering of renewable energy stakeholders in the Caribbean, this year’s conference is co-hosted by the Government of Aruba in association with the IDB, OAS, OPIC, Caricom and many of the other leading agencies active in this market….
Krauthammer: Obama climate change war ignores reality
By John Morgan, Moneynews President Obama’s declaration of war on climate change will be ignored by emerging nations and amounts to economic suicide, according to conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer. In an opinion piece for The Washington Post headlined “Obama’s Global…
Q&A: Hurricanes are getting stronger in the Caribbean
From Inter Press Service HAVANA, Jul 10 (IPS) – Rather than talk about forecasts for hurricanes at the start of this year’s season, Cuban meteorologist José Rubiera prefers to discuss the importance of reducing the country’s vulnerability and improving preparedness….
Tibet hosts large proportion of state-protected wildlife
On June 5th, authority of Tibet Autonomous Region announced that Tibet hosts 125 kinds of wild animals under state protection, their population accounting for 30 percent of the total animals protected by the state. The Environment Communiqué of Tibet 2012…
