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Posted by geri
Wednesday, 24 January 2007
Tesco, the world's fourth-largest retail chain, announced the installation of possibly the world's largest solar roof, a $13 million, 820,400-square-foot panel, to cover the new USA distribution center in California. The solar investment is only one part of Tesco's new determination to become a "leader in helping to create a low-carbon economy." A five-part plan unveiled last week costing nearly $1 billion includes labels to help customers discern which products most impact climate change... Read More Add Comment (0)

$500 Million Pledge to Reverse Childhood Obesity in U.S.

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Posted by geri
Wednesday, 04 April 2007
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced it will commit at least $500 million over the next five years to tackle childhood obesity. The goal is to reverse the epidemic by 2015 and to bestow a seriousness on the issue, calling it one of the most urgent public health threats facing the United States... Read More Add Comment (3)

Possessions Left on Campus Diverted to Charities

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Posted by geri
Sunday, 20 May 2007
Activist groups are collecting articles left in dorm rooms by departing college students at term's end and donating them to charities — e.g., lamps, microwave ovens, furniture and food that the students can't or don't want to take back home with them. (LA Times) Thanks for the link, Kath! Add Comment (0)

Deaths Fall as Baghdad Celebrates New Year

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Posted by geri

Tuesday, 01 January 2008

"The number of civilians killed in Iraq is continuing to fall, according to Iraqi ministries. The December death toll was 480, down from almost 900 two months ago and about 2,000 in December 2006. "I haven't seen a happy place like this in so long," said one New Years reveller." Here are four voices from around Iraq who describe the improved security to the BBC.

The original story linked on New Years Day to the BBC, has been redirected to a bombing story (even in the Google result with the above headline), but I have provided a link here to the "cached" version of the story on Google's servers (which means it may not be there long, because it is no longer on the BBC site), so here it is!

Deaths Fall as Baghdad Celebrates

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Secret Santa Revealed

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Posted by geri
Monday, 20 November 2006
The Secret Santa from Kansas City has long brightened the hearts of hundreds each holiday season by handing out hundred-dollar bills to strangers on city streets. Now, after 26 years and $1.3 million of anonymous holiday giving, he has decided to reveal his identity. He is weak from cancer and chemotherapy but Larry Stewart, a 58-year-old businessman from Lee's Summit, Missouri, is determined to pass on his belief in random kindness... Read More Add Comment (1)