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The Top Ten Green Buildings for 2006
This summer, the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design...
Milwaukee Woman Rescues Butterflies from Development
While bulldozers clear land to create a flood basin, Barb Agnew races to collect monarch eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves, and brings...
Judge Rules Bush’s Lax Pesticide Law Illegal
A federal judge in Seattle yesterday overturned new Bush administration rules that weaken the governing of pesticide use and their effect on endangered plants...
College Campuses are Going Green
In the state of Washington, colleges are now competing to see which school can become a better friend to the environment. By composting...
Rebels in India End Attacks
After 27 years and 10,000 civilian deaths, the separatist group United Liberation Front of Asom announced Friday that it would stop attacking the forces...
MIT Students Invent Cars That Keep Going . . . and Going
50 college students from 21 Universities around the world have converged on MIT for an 8-week Vehicle Design Summit. The goal? To invent...
Pearl Jam Pledges $100,000 to Counter CO2 Effects of Tour
In an effort to mitigate their own carbon emissions from day-to-day operations of their 2006 tour, while raising the public's carbon consciousness, Pearl Jam...
India, China Reconnect with Historic Road, Cautious Optimism
An ancient Silk Road reopened high in the Himalayas on Thursday to mark the beginning of a new era in trade and diplomatic relations...
Homeless Alcoholics Receive a Permanent Place to Live, and Drink
This is a fascinating story about Seattle's solution for the homeless -- and hopeless -- drunks living on the streets: House them. Care for...
Russia Forgives Debt of Developing Nations
(June 9) Russia said Friday it plans to write off about $700 million in debt owed by the poorest countries - a move...
Good News on PBS: US Cities Improving
A new PBS series shows us how to fix our cities... make them greener, cleaner, more livable, less wasteful. It will showcase extraordinary...
One in a Million Chestnut Tree Discovered
In an amazing discovery in Georgia, a small patch of American Chestnut trees, which were largely wiped out due to a quick-spreading fungus in...
Paul Allen, Billionaire Philanthropist Delivers A Better Future Today
Do you think humans should strive to send airplanes into space? Listen for ET? Develop a real understanding of the human mind? Such ambitious...
Cancer Survivors to Get Better Insurance Rates
The Hartford Financial Services Group is announcing today that they will begin selling insurance at normal rates to men over 60 who have...
A Special Group of Soldiers, Vietnamese Orphans and Their American Angel
Betty Tisdale has a special spot in her heart for veterans, especially Vietnam vets. She read a book that changed her life by renowned...