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Wal-Mart to Double Amount of Solar Energy Use
Wal-Mart offered sunny news yesterday for the California renewable energy market. The store chain announced for Earth Day that it will...
Pittsburgh Samaritan Treks to Chicago, Performs Five Good Deeds for Strangers
A Pittsburgh man trekked to Chicago for no other reason than to do good deeds for strangers in the hope that they will...
Stimulus in Action: “Beginning to Percolate Nationwide”
Building repairs are underway on public housing in Imboden, Ark., and Cumberland, Ill., states across the country are receiving money to weatherize the...
Green Corps Funnels Stimulus Money to Train Poor Youth in Solar Tech
$10 million dollars of California's stimulus money will fund the Green Corps, a new program that will provide training for underprivileged youth to learn...
Salon Announces Hair for Hope – Free Cuts for People Who’ve Lost Jobs
Dawn Renee Salon & Day Spa is teaming up with SHELTER, inc of Contra Costa County to offer free haircuts to Contra Costa County...
What Iran’s Jews say
ESFAHAN, Iran – Over the entrance to a synagogue nestled in this ancient city is a banner saying: "Congratulations on the 30th anniversary of...
National Guard Goes Green to Conserve Energy, Cut Costs
Green energy and conservation has become a top priority for the National Guard. Efforts nationally since 2001 to conserve energy and fuel include...
UNICEF Opens 200th School in Indonesia
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has opened its 200th school in Indonesia's Aceh-Nias region, which was devastated by the December 2004 tsunami. As...
Wal-Mart Canada Opens First Environmental Demonstration Store
Wal-Mart Canada last week opened its first mega-green supercenter in Burlington, Ontario, which uses heat from the earth in a unique geothermal energy design,...
Polluters Pay Record Fines, Achieve Record Clean Up
Fiscal year 2008 was a banner year for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement of pollution laws and resulted in a record $11.8 billion...
Author Helps Build Recreation Center for City
A Microsoft software developer is donating 20 percent of the profits from his debut novel, “Revolution,” toward a community recreation center at...
Operation Smile-Russia Conducts First Mission in Chechnya
Operation Smile in Russia organized its first medical mission to the Republic of Chechnya in September. A team of medical professionals representing six countries...
Dunkin’ Donuts Opens Its First LEED Certified Green Restaurant
Dunkin’ Donuts unveiled its first LEED certified restaurant in Florida. The St. Petersburg LEED certified store broke ground in May 2008, and will serve...
Breakthrough Fuel Cells Powered by Hydrogen from Sewage
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered an efficient way to produce hydrogen power using biowaste like municipal sewage. The innovative process uses 75%...
Chicago Outlines Climate Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases
Chicago became another in a long list of U.S. cities taking the lead in the fight against climate change.
On Thursday, Chicago mayor Richard M....
Lottery Windfall for Education in Virgina
The lottery has been funding education in Virginia for 8 years -- this year, $455 million in profits going to the public schools. Now,...
Czech Firm Plans Giant Wind Farm
A Czech power firm is to build what it says will be Europe's largest onshore wind farm, in a 1.1 billion-euro project. Construction of...
Corporations Making a Positive Difference
Ford, Coca Cola, and Bayer, among other companies, actively demonstrate they care about people and the planet. Here are some examples of how corporations...
Summer Vacation for Kids Includes Helping Neediest Communities in Dallas
As most teenagers spent their summer break at the beach, pool or working at summer jobs, some 240 junior high and high school-age kids...
Focusing the Sun for Cheaper Energy (Video)
With fossil fuels pushing electricity costs ever higher, bringing solar power to the market is looking more attractive every day. This solar array in...