Inhabitat’s Week in Green: solar hourglass, urban tornadoes and the world’s tallest garden
From engadget Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. Japan is the birthplace of high-speed rail, and it continues to be a…
For Guyana, energy plus efficiency equals common sense development
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, IPS – Guyana is shaping up to set a gold standard for the Caribbean in implementing a national energy efficiency strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.”Energy efficiency is the main…
There is an energy revolution under way which has implications for the Caribbean
By David Jessop From Stabroek news No one should be in any doubt: the world’s energy balance is changing rapidly with profound political and economic consequences for the way every country and region will in future relate to one another….
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$2 Million plus seized on board Caribbean Fantasy Ferry From News Americas News Americas, SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Fri. Oct. 3, 2014: More than million US dollars were nabbed aboard a truck leaving Puerto Rico en route to the Dominican…
CTO panelists tackle medical tourism, legalizing marijuana
By Gay Nagle Myers From Travel Weekly CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas — While medical tourism is a fast-growing segment of the travel industry, two experts in the field posted some warning signs for Caribbean countries to consider before they hang…
Cayman Islands dive operators and volunteers
Cayman Islands dive operators and volunteers work against time to restore damaged reef Cruise ship anchor dragged across dive site destroying 11,500 square feet of coral; Dive community comes together for what could be a marathon restoration project Grand Cayman,…
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Cayman Islands to announce successful bidder for additional electricity supply on Friday The Cayman Islands Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) will be announcing the successful bidder for additional supplemental electricity power generation for Grand Cayman on Friday, 3 October 2014, at…
Quietest Atlantic Hurricane Season Since 1986
By Dr. Jeff Masters From Weather Underground The traditional busiest month of the Atlantic hurricane season, September, is now over, and we are on the home stretch. Just three weeks remain of the peak danger portion of the season. September…
Kamla blanks latest request for meeting from Trinidad environmentalist [who is on hunger strike]
From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday September 24, 2014, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has blanked the latest request for a meeting by environmentalist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh, saying “there will be no productive outcome”. Kublalsingh, who is on an…
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How global shipping could change our understanding of biodiversity
By Nick Stockton From Wired The global economy hasn’t just opened up new markets for humans, it’s been a catalyst for bringing species to into habitats where they don’t belong. Biologists have recorded the many places where these invasives have…
