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US Cracks Down on Mountaintop Coal-mine Permits
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it will put the brakes on 79 pending permits for mountaintop removal coal mines in Appalachia because they...
Pakistanis Breaks Guinness Record Planting 500,000 Trees in One Day
A Pakistan team set the Guinness World Record for tree planting, beating India in an international competition this month. Just 300 volunteers from the...
183 Projects Funded for Fish and Wildlife
From the Lower Mississippi River Delta to the North Carolina coast, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will undertake 183 construction projects focused...
‘Miracle Rice’ Gives Uganda Hope of its Own Green Revolution
A new breed of rice that can grow in the drier uplands instead of traditional wetlands has doubled the country's food production in only...
Gharials Get Back Into the Ganges
131 gharials, the critically endangered long-snouted crocodile native to the Northern Indian sub-continent, were recently re-introduced to the river Ganges by WWF-India officials. ...
More than 1000 New Species Discovered in Southeast Asia in a Decade
Over a thousand new species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia in just the last decade, according to a...
Brazil Commits to Cut Amazon Destruction by 70 Percent
Brazil announced on Monday a plan to cut destruction of its Amazon rain forest by more than half over the next 10 years, the...
Smokies To Rid Areas Of Nonnative Plants
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park received special funding this year to remove nonnative plants from 11 wetlands, a Knoxville newspaper reported. If left...
G is for Good News Weekly E-Newsletter
Editor's Blog Did you ever wonder where the Top Ten Good News of the Week had gone? The Top Ten list —...
Development Averted by Purchase of Forest Near NYC
Instead of a planned new golf course and 100 luxury homes, an expanse of rolling hills, wetlands and scenic waters have been preserved as...
$256M to Rebuild Gulf Coastlines
The US Interior Department announced last week $256 million in new federal funds to restore vital wetlands and parks along the Gulf coast that...
First Whooping Cranes Hatch in Midwest in Over 100 Years
Last week wildlife officials in Wisconsin celebrated the birth of two whooping crane chicks marking the first time in over 100 years that a...
A Sure Sign of Spring: Wild Whooping Cranes Return to Wisconsin
Among the signs of springtime these days in central Wisconsin is the arrival of wild whooping cranes on Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and along...
Healing the Globe: 11 Bright Spots
A quick rundown of 11 bright spots that are healing the globe, from Cairo to California, from Bolivia to British Columbia, From Moroco to...
Congress Votes Overwhelmingly to Restore Everglades
The House and Senate overwhelmingly approved a $7.8 billion project to restore the Florida Everglades and undo a half-century of human impact.
Rep. Clay Shaw,...