Greenhouse gas ruling gives EPA leeway to regulate
Marcia Coyle, from supreme court brief Five years ago, environmentalists endured their worst term in decades, suffering a stunning 0-5 outcome in the U.S. Supreme Court. This term, they are 2-1 and victorious on the most pressing of their issues:…
Promoting Energy Security in the Caribbean
Written by White House Washington, DC – Energy security is a major challenge for the Caribbean. The region is largely dependent on relatively high-cost imported fuel and electricity. Small isolated economies and unattractive investment policies discourage investment necessary to build…
Salamanders hold clues to how humans could regrow limbs
By Max Yun, Research Fellow at University College London for The Conversation UK From Mashable Humans have some regenerative abilities but compared to creatures like the salamander, which has an amazing ability to regenerate after injury, we’re pretty limited. Not…
Wallow fire study suggests there may be multiple paths to fuel reduction in the WUI
By USDA Forest Service – Pacific Northwest Research Station, From RedOrbit Alternative fuel treatments both reduced fire behavior, allowed for protection of homes Conservative fuel treatments designed to reduce fire severity while still providing forest cover and wildlife habitat worked…
Trinidad & Tobago lost 79% of tertiary educated labour force via emigration to developed countries
By AleemKhan From Breaking News Trinidad & Tobago T&T has lost more than 70 per cent of its tertiary level educated labour force through emigration to developed countries, according to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report released Tuesday (June 17)….
Alaska earthquake: Tsunami warning issued as magnitude 8.0 earthquake Strikes Aleutian Islands
By Nick Wiltgen From Weather Channel A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck the Aleutian Islands of Alaska Monday, prompting tsunami warnings for the immediate region. Experts are evaluating the possibility of a broader tsunami across the Pacific Ocean. The earthquake struck…
A massive great white shark just cruised into the Gulf of Mexico
From Caribbean360 FLORIDA, United States, Thursday June 19, 2014 – Katharine, a 14-foot-long, 2,300-pound great white shark is making her way steadily towards the Texas coast. The largest ever recorded great white was 21 feet long. Katharine, the great white…
HMS Argyll to sail to the North Atlantic and Caribbean
South-West based Royal UK Navy warship, HMS Argyll is due to sail today (June 20) on her latest deployment to the North Atlantic and Caribbean. HMS Argyll’s captain, Commander Paul Hammond: said “As we sail from Plymouth we can reflect…
There is another Caribbean, beyond the blood, the beach and the banana
By Akala From theguardian.com Why have so few people heard of the Caribbean that produced Walter Rodney, CLR James and Toussaint L’Ouverture? As I sat in the heat of a Jamaican afternoon within touching distance of the Caribbean sea listening…
Moderate earthquake – Cayman Islands Region on June 21, 2014
By Armand Vervaeck From Eartquake Report Most important Earthquake Data: Magnitude : 4.3 Local Time (conversion only below land) : 07:52:57.8 GMT/UTC Time : 2014-06-21 12:52:58 Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km Earthquake-report.com only survives with (mostly small) PRIVATE DONATIONS. Your gift…
