Offers for Paris Climate talks would reduce warming by 1°C
By Ellie Johnston From Climate Interactive Contacts: Paige Knappenberger, [email protected], (602) 549 0344 and Jennifer Haskell, [email protected], (703) 231-1835 Offers for Paris Climate Talks Would Reduce Warming by 1°C Warming could be reduced from 4.5˚C to 3.5˚C under INDCs submitted…
Preliminary report on arsenic poisoning at Cayman Islands farm points to no concerns
The Pan American Health Organization has issued an Arsenic Exposure Preliminary Report to the 14.5-acre Powell family farm in Frank Sound, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. It points to no significant differences between the arsenic content of soils from the test…
Grenada joins regional call at UN for action on climate change
From UN News Centre 2 October 2015 – A framework for climate change “cannot wait,” Grenada’s Foreign Minister said today, joining other leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean calling for urgent action in the United Nations General Assembly. “The…
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Community Events NWDA Community Outreach The National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA), in an effort to provide improved customer service to its clients in their job seeking efforts, will have a representative at the district libraries to provide: Opportunities to…
Missing ship in Caribbean demonstrates long, strong history of trade between Jacksonville and Puerto Rico
By Drew Dixon From Jacksonville.com While the search continues for potential survivors of the Jacksonville-based El Faro cargo ship, the tragedy at sea highlights just how entrenched business ties are between the First Coast and Puerto Rico. The El Faro…
A flip-flop tree grows in Cayman Islands
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon From Caribbean Journal It started with just one flip-flop. But now there are hundreds, joined by assorted sneakers, slippers and even flippers, nailed to a casuarina tree bordering the coastal road that runs through Grand Cayman’s South…
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Community Events Apostle 13 & the Disciple of Demons Play with music & dance FOUR performances only Opens Thu Oct 22- Sat Oct 24 7:30pm & Sun Oct 25 3:00pm St George’s Anglican Church Hall Tickets $15 (A) $5 (C)…
Cayman Islands: Cayman Magic Reef Recovery Project
From teespring Help restore the damage caused in Grand Cayman on August 2014 when the Carnival Magic cruise ship dragged its anchor and 450 feet of heavy chain across a beautiful reef. Thousands of square feet of coral was crushed…
National Conservation Council speaks out on Benthic Habitat Characterisation Survey
At the general meeting of the National Conservation Council held on 23 September the Council took note of the Benthic Habitat Characterisation Survey conducted by CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. dated 21 August 2015 that had been released to the public…
Winnipegger Easterbrook makes splash in scuba world
By Doug Lunney, Winnipeg Sun Manitoba has produced some of the world’s best hockey players and curlers, but a former Winnipegger is getting her due as a pioneer in the scuba diving industry. Nancy Easterbrook was inducted into the International…





