je.st

Home › coast

Tag: coast

Fishermen worry about plan for wind farm off New York coast

2016-06-20 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A long-stalled plan to build a forest of power-producing windmills off the coast of New York may finally be gathering momentum, and that is sparking concern among commercial fishermen who fear the giant turbines will ruin an area rich with scallops and other sea life. Federal officials announced earlier this month that they would auction off the rights to build the wind power farm on a 127-square-mile wedge of the Atlantic Ocean. The tip of the wedge begins about 11 miles south of Long Island's...

Tags: york plan coast wind

Cocoa exporter rejections rise on quality of Ivory Coast mid-crop

2016-06-07 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Ivory Coast Exporters are rejecting roughly half of cocoa port arrivals from top producer Ivory Coast on quality grounds, adding to problems that are already expected to result in a 180,000 tonne global supply deficit this year. The rejections are because of high acid levels and small bean size, exporters and merchants said, adding that farmers are also struggling to dry beans because of recent heavy rains. Bean size is determined by the number of beans per 100 grammes of cocoa, known as the...

Tags: quality rise coast ivory

Storms menace East Coast; Florida under tropical storm warning

2016-06-05 18:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: While the U.S. West Coast sweated out a heat wave, forecasters warned of severe thunderstorms along the East Coast on Sunday and issued a tropical storm warning for Florida's Gulf Coast. Weekend plans could be rained out for millions of people from New York through North Carolina, as thunderstorms were expected to blast winds up to 55 miles (90 km) per hour later on Sunday. Hail and tornadoes were also possible. National forecasters also issued a tropical storm warning for Florida's Gulf Coast...

Tags: east florida coast warning