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Top Tailpipe Polluters Clean Up Their Act
With current fuel prices high, alternative fuel use is surging among businesses and governments that depend on vehicle fleets to transport their products and...
Huge Solar Power Park to Rise in Mojave Desert
California utility company PG&E Corp. said it will purchase 553 megawatts of solar power annually from a nine-square-mile, solar-power facility to be built in...
Dam Demolition Frees Fish for Spawning
"The Sandy River in Oregon will be a free-flowing river for the first time in nearly a century — and no longer a hindrance...
Millionaire Gives Mansions to Homeless
Japanese billionaire, Genshiro Kawamoto, cried as he presented the keys to a multimillion-dollar home to a low-income single mom with 5 kids. "Her family...
Homegrown Power a Fix for Energy Crunch and Global Warming
Homegrown electricity could be one ingredient used to combat the 21st century’s expected energy crunch, easing the load on electrical grids with a system...
Houston Class Donates and Wraps 400 Presents for Families in Need
The British School of Houston has a very special science teacher whose idea of a merry Christmas includes giving lots of presents to families...
‘Get Your Arab On’: Comedians Chip Away at Ethnic Fears
'Get Your Arab On', a festival tonight in New York features Arab-American comedians chipping away at ethnic fears. These Americans, many raised Christian, but...
U.S. Mayors Embrace Kyoto Protocol
In the fight against global warming, 320 mayors of U.S. cities have boldly gone where the U.S. government would not — into the...
Stay Cool but Save Electricity (and Money)
With this week’s heat wave, demand for electricity is reaching peak levels in many parts of the country. The really good news is...
G is for Genus Apis
EDITOR'S BLOG The full name of the honeybee that arrived at my backdoor in a huge swarming mass is Apis mellifera ligustica. We...
Chemical Pollution Decreases
The EPA reported that chemical pollution released into the environment fell more than 4 percent from 2003 to 2004, due mostly to the metal...
Biggest Energy Companies in U.S. call for Caps on Carbon Emissions
Check out this lead paragraph in the online Grist magazine for April 6:
Tuesday saw a tectonic shift in the climate-change debate during an...
Lawyer Floats Own Middle East Peace Plan
Josef Avesar, a successful Encino lawyer, has created a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "The concept was intriguing enough to keep 300 Israelis,...
Why Good News? Counting the Benefits
Good news is often considered too soft and unimportant to be valuable in one’s real life. The truth is, good news can create concrete,...
Old Enemies Turn Into New Heroes During Floods
Some good came out of the flooding that swept through Mozambique in 2000. At the same time as marooned Mozambicans on high ground were...