Dozens of students, teachers and activists gathered Sunday afternoon outside City Hall to launch the Green New Deal for Chicago Public Schools campaign, urging officials to increase investments in green schools and climate resiliency. Supporters clutched hand-painted signs listing demands as Chicago civic and educational leaders addressed the crowd. “I’m convinced that fighting for green […]
As Washington’s coastal Dungeness crab commercial season opens this week — a mean, green menace continues to threaten to create a “crab crisis” in the Pacific Northwest. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says European green crabs are continuing to cause issues, despite efforts by the federal government. KIRO Newsradio’s Kate Stone was invited […]
Aldi is set to open a new store in Limerick after it received final planning permission from An Bord Pleanála. The new store will be located in Moyross, and will create 30 permanent jobs. The €7 million store will measure 1,315sqm and is expected to open in late 2025. Its 110-space car park will also […]
If you appreciate versatility and lovely foliage, Florida’s native satin-leaf tree should have considerable appeal. Content in full sun or deep shade, satin-leaf tree (Chrysophyllum oliviforme) is a slow-growing tree up to 40 feet tall – but usually much smaller. The foliage of this evergreen species delivers a one-two punch. The upper surface is incredibly […]
The French government on Wednesday sent armoured vehicles to protect a wholesale food market in Paris, in a sign of escalating tensions as farmers blocked highways in France and Belgium and protests spread elsewhere in Europe. Spanish and Italian farmers said they were joining the protest movement, which has also hit Germany, that aims to […]
A man running the length of Africa has been given the green light to enter Algeria to continue his gruelling challenge after facing visa issues which left his venture “hanging in the balance”. Russ Cook, from Worthing in west Sussex, has been running the length of the continent for 283 days, covering more than 7,600 […]
(Bloomberg) — The Labour Party needs to find at least £8 billion ($10 billion) to deliver its green-investment plan, a new analysis shows, underscoring why UK opposition leader Keir Starmer may be mulling changes to the initiative. Most Read from Bloomberg The party’s original “£28 billion a year” pledge to invest in industries that advance […]
A 23-year-old employee at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center was arrested Thursday after officials found a “green plant like material” in her car. Zaria Watson, a guard, was the fourth employee at the Richland County jail arrested this month. She is one of 13 arrested in the last year, according to past reporting. She […]
Steve Cotterill has been appointed Forest Green’s new manager, tasked with trying to preserve their Football League status following Troy Deeney’s turbulent six-game spell. Deeney was sacked last week having been in the role for just 29 days, during which time he apologised for an astonishing public outburst towards his players after a defeat at […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A California woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon for shoplifting from the Nordstrom store in the Mall at Green Hills and using bear spray to get away. PREVIOUS: Thieves use bear spray in Nordstrom robbery Metro police said 29-year-old Keierra Egly-Lloyd of Sacramento, California, stole $2,000 worth of merchandise from the Nordstrom […]
Green Street redesignation to honor African American World War veterans STAUNTON — Green Street in Staunton was originally named for General Nathanael Greene, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He will no longer be the street’s only honoree. As explained by City Manager Leslie Beauregard during the Jan. 11 City Council meeting, Capt. William Washington […]
Jan. 20—MORGANTOWN — Call it Green Bag’s gardening greenbacks. Or, maybe, seed money. Whatever it’s called, members of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Policy Board are hopeful an environmental requirement to fund community gardens doesn’t further hinder a Green Bag Road project with origins stretching back to 2014. Earlier this week, the board gave […]