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Gates and Buffett Are Pushing Billionaires to Give Away Wealth
Investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced on Wednesday that they have met with the top billionaire in the country asking them...
How Cory Booker Turned Campaign Inspiration into Capable Governance
"Believe in me; believe in us," was his hopeful campaign message five years ago when he first ran for mayor of Newark. But...
Dreams Come True on Final Day of Spring Auction for RFK Center
The annual RFK Center spring auction is in its final day, with online bidding closing tomorrow. Do you want to meet Oprah, have lunch...
China Green Energy Growth Outpacing Coal
Though coal still provides the majority of China's power, there's good news about a greener future: New official Chinese records show that the...
GM Partners with U.S. to Develop Jatropha Weed for Biodiesel
General Motors (GM) yesterday announced a five-year partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help develop the potential of the jatropha plant...
Israel, Palestinians Agree To Indirect Talks
Israel and the Palestinians agreed to begin indirect, American-brokered talks, the U.S. Mideast envoy announced Monday — ending a 14-month deadlock in peacemaking and...
Tucson Firm to Spin Restaurant Grease into Biodiesel Gold
A local construction company is preparing to open a new 3 million-gallon biodiesel plant in hopes of turning Tucson’s used cooking oil into a...
Red Lobster Turns Green!
Darden Restaurants, a company that owns Red Lobster, Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse, is incorporating a slate of green design elements in their next...
UNICEF Airlifts Schools to Children in Haiti
Two boys walk over the steep hillsides of Haiti, the first time in a month they've been able to go to school. It...
On Stimulus Bill Anniversary, All Signs Point Up – Even Jobs
One year ago President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the Stimulus Bill. According to economists...
Building Bamboo Schools for Poor Kids in Nepal
During his three years in Bollywood, Uttam Sanjel, 35, learned that the real heroes of our world are not famous movie stars.
He saw the...
Stars Record “We Are The World – 25” for Haiti
Stars like Barbara Streisand and Celine Dion, and rappers including Kanye West and Snoop Dogg, walked through the same door on Monday to record...
Relief Work Provides Opportunities for Haitians
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, the U.N. special envoy for Haiti, said Haitian citizens are now being employed in...
For Haiti, Some Neighborly Help From Next Door
In an unprecedented gesture of neighborliness, the Dominican Republic has opened its border to injured Haitians. Traditionally, relations between the two countries are strained...
Heartened by Global Response, UN and Ted Turner Send Millions to Haiti
The 192-member United Nations General Assembly observed a minute of silence yesterday as they stood in solidarity with the countless earthquake victims in Haiti....
Students Invent Way to Recover Metal From Incinerator Waste
Former students at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands are transforming incinerator waste into marketable and eco-friendly raw materials. Incinerator ash consists...
Molten Salt Project To Power Up To 75,000 Homes
NV Energy signed an agreement today to use Crescent Dunes in Nye County, NV, near Tonopah, as a source for alternative power driven...
IMF Wins Coveted Environmental Award for Headquarters Buildings
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was awarded one of the highest environmental designations in the world for its headquarters in Washington DC yesterday....
Scientists Poised to Begin Surgery to Help Cancer Victims Regrow Breasts
Australian scientists are poised to begin a three-year trial on a revolutionary surgery to help cancer victims regrow their breasts. The...
Japan Pledges $5 Billion to Rebuild Afghanistan
Japan pledged this week to provide $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan over the next five years to and to speed the delivery of...