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Geothermal energy, which harnesses steam and hot water from beneath the earth, is a major source of renewable energy for the US. This week, the Interior Department is announcing plans to make available 190 million acres of federal land in a dozen western states for development of geothermal power.
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne says the federal leasing program, which will receive a final ruling in two months, could produce more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 5.5 million homes. (
India and Pakistan opened a trade link across Kashmir for the first time in six decades. The move is a ground-breaking step celebrated by merchants who see it as a means to ending the hate and creating peace. (
The border city of Brownsville, where nearly all
students come from low-income Hispanic families and where 4 in 10 are
not native English speakers, has managed to make huge strides in
closing achievement gaps, boosting SAT scores, as well as the number of students who take the college entrance exam. The school district this week received $1 million as the winner of the 2008 Broad Prize for Urban Education. The prize money is in the form of college scholarships for graduating
seniors next spring.
Government leaders are learning in the face of danger from the global credit crisis that they can pull together with constructive initiatives, and that there
is more strength in standing together than in struggling alone. And, if they can save
banks, why not the environment? If they can stop the spread of
shareholder panic, why can't they stop the spread of nuclear weapons? (Good News Login
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