NewsRack: 'Community' news in 'Sustainability-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India	24.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
LUCKNOW, India -- A blistering heat wave has swept across most parts of north and western India, causing massive electricity cuts and leading angry residents to protest and even attack power company officials and property. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, enraged citizens have set fire to a power station and held power company employees hostage for several hours. Police said Thursday that at least 21 people have been arrested for the violence and for damaging government property.
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Court cancels Ukraine's first gay pride rally	23.5.2013	azcentral.com \| news
Court cancels Ukraine's first gay pride rally
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Heat wave causes power outages, anger in India	23.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
LUCKNOW, India—A blistering heat wave has swept across most parts of north and western India, causing massive electricity cuts and leading angry residents to protest and even attack power company officials and property.
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Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 50 schools	23.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
CHICAGO—The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define—for better or worse—Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.
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Activists, press seek to ID firms looking to drill	21.5.2013	Durango Herald
In February, environmental groups celebrated a U.S. District Court ruling that required the Bureau of Land Management to release the identities of companies that nominated 30,000 acres of public lands in Coloradox2019s North Fork Valley for natural-gas and oil leasing.They called the ruling a victory for transparency in the process of...
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Xcel Energy seeks power from forest waste in Colorado	21.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Xcel Energy seeks power from forest waste in Colorado
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Udall: Override tanker protest	19.5.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
Senator asks the U.S. Forest Service to make sure air tankers stay at the ready.
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Syria's Assad says he won't step down	19.5.2013	azcentral.com \| news
Syria's Assad says he won't step down
Comment sought on green waste recycling plan	18.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 17, 2013 01:24PM MDT Curbside green-waste recycling is scheduled to begin next year on a subscription basis in Salt Lake Valley communities served by the Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District. But before the plan is finalized, the district’s board wants to hear what customers have to say about the idea and three other proposals, including one that lets people rent bulk waste disposal trailers again, albeit for a higher fee. A public hearing on those matters will be held at 6 p.m. Monday at district offices in S... ...
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Governor lobbies to name Denver branch library for Corky Gonzales	17.5.2013	Denver Post: Local
Governor lobbies to name Denver branch library for Corky Gonzales
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Syrian troops repel rebel attack on Aleppo prison	16.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
BEIRUT—Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a coastal city earlier this month.
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Peg McEntee: Grass-roots Mormons preach Earth-friendly green gospel	16.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Peg Mcentee Tribune Columnist Published May 15, 2013 05:13PM MDT Just a few months ago, the Legislature repeated its demand that the federal government surrender 30 million acres of public lands to Utah so the state can make more money on them. That’s just the sort of thinking that the Mormon Environmental Stewardship Alliance (MESA) deplores, and why it wants its followers — more than 1,300 in more than 15 countries — to remember LDS teachings to revere the Earth, its sanctity, its people and the need to preserve it for generations to come. And, given that M... ...
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The public and SLC projects	14.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Charlie Luke Published May 14, 2013 01:01AM MDT A week ago, the Salt Lake City Council voted 4-3 to extend the Sugar House Streetcar north along 1100 East to 1700 South. I was one of three votes in the minority. I believe an extension east up 2100 South made more sense. But last Tuesday I put that preference aside and made a motion to extend the streetcar only from its current endpoint near McClellan Street, up Sugarmont to Highland Drive (about 1125 East and 2250 South), and to stop there until the citywide transportation plan is complete. I... ...
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Immigration bill could end much-prized green card lottery	13.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
WASHINGTON — In the contentious debate over immigration policy, three groups have dominated public and political attention: the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants seeking to become
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Beetle-kill pellets find new purpose in absorbing oil and gas spills	12.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Beetle-kill pellets find new purpose in absorbing oil and gas spills
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Denver's Colorado Climate Festival talks about what the city can do	12.5.2013	Denver Post: Local
Denver's Colorado Climate Festival talks about what the city can do
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Ostrow: Britt Moreno, Brooke Wagner, Tom Green wake up Denver's A.M. news race	11.5.2013	Denver Post: Entertainment
You'd think, in the age of smart mobile devices, that the idea of watching television to check the weather would be outmoded. Morning TV: Isn't there an app for that? Yet despite shrinking audiences and plentiful media alternatives, the battle over local morning TV advertising revenue is fierce.
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Should a library in Denver be named after the late Chicano activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales? No	10.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
With the fangs of social injustice and societal prejudices sunk deep into the Denver Hispanic culture in the 1960s and 1970s, there were leaders who stepped forward to scream, "!Basta!"
Should a library in Denver be named after the late Chicano activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales? Yes	10.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
The story of Denver-born activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales and the Crusade for Justice in the 1960s is America's story.
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From TV shows to traveling exhibits, the Bible is big business (still)	10.5.2013	Denver Post: Entertainment
Sex and violence sell, as does drama that appeals to our higher senses of morality and spirituality. So is it any wonder that the Bible, which contains heaping amounts of all of them, has remained at the crossroads of global religion, politics and culture for much of the past 2,000 years? Not so much.
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