Thailand calls holiday to allow escape from floods

By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK | Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:43am EDT BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand announced a five-day holiday on Tuesday to give people the chance to escape floods closing in on Bangkok as the prime minister warned that the capital could face an inundation of 1.5 meters (nearly five feet) of water if barriers [...]

Water use rising faster than world population

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON | Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:52am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Like oil in the 20th century, water could well be the essential commodity on which the 21st century will turn. Article source: Source

Western Wind Energy Negotiates new Acquisition

Western Wind Energy Negotiates new Acquisition PR Newswire — October 25, 2011 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, October 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Toronto Stock Exchange (Venture) Symbol: “WND” OTCQX Symbol: “WNDEF” Issued and Outstanding: 59,780,539 Western Wind Energy Corp. — (Toronto Venture Exchange — “WND”) (OTCQX — “WNDEF”), is pleased to announce that it is negotiating a [...]

Largest Solar Plant in Central and Eastern Europe Opens in Ukraine

Largest Solar Plant in Central and Eastern Europe Opens in Ukraine PR Newswire — October 25, 2011 KYIV, Ukraine, October 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – The 80 MW power plant in Southern Ukraine has opened its fourth, final line and will produce an annual 100,000 megawatt-hours of electricity. The Okhotnykovo solar power plant is the world’s [...]

USGBC President Fedrizzi Elected Chair of World Green Building Council

USGBC President Fedrizzi Elected Chair of World Green Building Council PR Newswire — October 25, 2011 WASHINGTON, October 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – – Fedrizzi steps up in organization’s tenth year, with plans to strengthen and grow local councils, raise voice and visibility of global coalition Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of the U.S. [...]

Truck kills herder in China Inner Mongolia protest: group

BEIJING | Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:15am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) – A herder in northern China’s Inner Mongolia who had been protesting destruction of traditional grazing land has died after being hit by an oil transport truck, an overseas rights group said on Monday. Article source: Source

U.N. report seen worsening fear over Iran nuclear plans

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA | Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:20am EDT VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog is expected to publish intelligence soon pointing to military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear activities but stopping short of saying explicitly that Tehran is trying to build atom bombs, Western diplomats say. Article source: Source

Turkey quake kills at least 279, hundreds missing

By Jonathon Burch and Seda Sezer ERCIS, Turkey | Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:48pm EDT ERCIS, Turkey (Reuters) – Rescuers searched the rubble of collapsed buildings Monday for survivors and victims of a major earthquake that killed at least 279 people and injured more than 1,300 in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey. Article source: Source

Thais tense as floods set to swamp more of capital

By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat and Martin Petty BANGKOK | Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:35am EDT BANGKOK (Reuters) – More districts of Thailand’s capital were on high alert on Monday with floods bearing down from northern Bangkok as authorities raced to pump water toward the sea and defend the business district. Hundreds of people were evacuated over [...]

Go With Eco-Friendly Christmas Lights

By this time, a lot of houses will have their holiday decorations up and will be putting up colorful lights to signal this most festive season. If you haven’t changed your Christmas lights, now is the time to consider those that are made of LED. They’re not only eco-friendly and won’t take up too much [...]

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