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By KARIN STANTON For The Associated Press KAILUA, KONA, Hawaii — Pelekane Bay was a sheltered place where fish once thrived, fed by streams from Kohala Mountain. Today, the inland Pelekane watershed is overrun by nonnative plants and animals, allowing sediment to flow into the bay. Also, ranching, development, feral goats and wildfires have left the land mostly barren or covered with invasive fountain grass. A local partnership is using $2.7 million in federal stimulus money to restore the watershed, located on the northwest coast of the Big Island. Matt Hamabata, executive director of The Kohala Center, said the project restores an entire ecosystem and is one of two Hawaii habitat restoration efforts and one of just 50 selected nationwide from 814 proposals to receive stimulus funding from NOAA. The other Hawaii project is a... [read full story]
SAN MATEO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/28/09 -- The U.S online retail sector delivered a strong comeback on Black Friday 2009 compared to the same period last year, according to Coremetrics : http://www.coremetrics.com/ , the...
Al Gore, Deal or No Deal 24. Nov, 2009 Comments (5) Hey, Al Gore – you and the rest of the global warming zealots might want to reconsider your plans for forcing the Cap and Trade bill through. It was pretty easy to conclude...
SAN FRANCISCO----Ebates, the pioneer and leader in online cash back shopping, today released its online retail results for Black Friday 2009, showing that projected sales through Ebates.com increased 43% versus the same period...
The plastic Ziploc bag thrown in the trash in Seattle, Washington, spent a week traveling 300 miles to an Oregon landfill. The old Apple iBook that was recycled is a month into its journey. And a pair of worn Asics running...
