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Hawaii earthquake: Magnitude 4.5 quake shakes up the islands

2015-05-11 12:12:02| Airlines - Topix.net

The earthquake hit at 2:18 a.m. on Saturday and the epicenter was an estimated 5 miles north of the town of Naalehu at a depth of 6 miles. The Big Island of Hawaii, as the name implies, is the largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the only of the islands with an active volcano.

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GoLocalProv | Business | Rhode Island's Hasbro Ranked 2nd Best Corporate Citizen

2015-04-22 20:43:02| Toys - Topix.net

Pawtucket's Hasbro Inc. has been ranked number two overall on the list of Corporate Responsibility Magazine's 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2015. Hasbro comes in behind only Microsoft Corporation who was ranked number one overall and in front of Johnson & Johnson who received number three overall.

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Marshall Islands move to shake up shipping on emissions

2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RTCC: In UN climate circles, the Marshall Islands is mostly known as one of those states that will be swamped by rising sea levels. Its negligible contribution to greenhouse gas emissions makes its heartfelt pleas for ambitious action all too easy for bigger nations to ignore. At the International Maritime Organization (IMO), on the other hand, the Marshalls carry significant weight: 118 million tonnes, to be precise. That is the mass of 3,400 ships registered in Majuro, more than any other country...

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VIDEO: Falkland Islands oil sparks dispute

2015-04-17 22:00:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Argentina has started legal proceedings against three British and two US companies for drilling oil near the Falkland Islands.

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U.S. Virgin Islands Students showcase rockets at White House.

2015-04-01 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

At the 5th White House Science Fair, Team Caribbean Splash from the U.S. Virgin Islands exhibited their rockets and discussed their participation in the Team America Rocketry Challenge with President Obama. Team was invited to join the White House's celebration of students from across the country that are engaged and excel in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Each year the Science Fair has a different theme and this year's focus was diversity and inclusion in STEM.

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