Authorities investigate forest fire. Instead of employing scores of foresters to watch for distant smoke rising over pine forests, Dear said the pilots in their four Cessnas can cover all of Mississippi, giving valuable information about where a fire starts and how best for ground crews to attack the flames. Chad Bassett, an investigator with the MFC, said late Wednesday he believed there was strong evidence supporting the arson suspicion. Meridian Star - Authorities investigate forest...

Indeed if researchers are correct, then those trees provide a reason to stop and shop for the drivers of the 21,500 vehicles that pass through the town daily. FOLLANSBEE The trees that line the city streets of Follansbee, as well as those sprinkled throughout the neighborhoods and along the city s nature trail, do more than add beauty to the city. Those trees, which have been carefully placed throughout the city by the Follansbee Tree Board, not only affect the environment in positive...

As the guide on this year s annual Bonita Springs Historical Society walk, Liles had six decades of life experience in the area and a memory of family stories going back to before the turn of the last century to draw on as he led the group up and down Old 41. If you were part of the crowd of curious residents who took a walking tour of the oldest parts of the young city Saturday morning, listening as Byron Liles shared as many stories about the area as he could fit into two hours, you...

Mr Hayes is finding there is an increasing demand for environmentally friendly buildings, with the company specialising in the use of timber frames and ground-source heat pumps to reduce the environmental impact of its properties. I really feel that at the top end of the market, where we operate, we are as good as anybody at what we do, if not better. A Norfolk construction company has found there is a growing demand for high quality environmentally friendly properties. More recently it...

We are launching a partnership to enhance the role of ethanol fuel in our countries' energy mixes while moving to make biodiesel fuel more widely available. Thirty years of research and innovation have made my country self-sufficient in oil by replacing 40 per cent of our gasoline consumption with ethanol. We have taken an important first step towards committing our countries to developing clean and renewable energy sources that will ensure the prosperity of our peoples while protecting...