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New Yorkers Answer Letters to Santa
The United States Postal Service has kicked off its annual "Letters to Santa", inviting people to respond to a child's letter to Santa...
Documentary Validates Role of Placebo Effect in Controlling Health
A documentary released this year questions the exclusive role of genetics and medicine in determining and treating disease. It examines alternative healthcare methods that...
Mine-free Farms for First Time Since 1974 in Guinea-Bissau
For 35 years, hundreds of villagers living in northern Guinea-Bissau have been too scared to cultivate the land around their villages for fear of...
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...
Bankruptcy Forsaken Adoptions Restored
A Toronto-based mining company has donated $100,000 to keep an Ethiopian orphanage afloat, giving hope to Canadians in the process of adopting children...
Clean Energy Economy Yields Significant Job Growth at all Skill Levels
The number of jobs in America’s emerging clean energy economy grew nearly two and a half times faster than overall jobs between 1998 and...
‘Environmental Nobels’ Awarded to Six Grassroots Heroes
Six campaigners who have fought governments and industry to protect the planet won prestigious Goldman Environmental Prizes on Sunday. The awards, often referred to...
Special Report: The Best News for Planet Earth in Decades
I asked one question to leading environmentalists who are usually keen to point out what is wrong with the environment: What is...
Wind Officially Employs More than Coal Industry
In some promising "green jobs" news, the wind industry in the U.S. has now officially surpassed the coal mining industry in the number of...
Environmental Protection Agency Halts Mountaintop Removal Permits
The US Environmental Protection Agency this week called for a halt to select mountaintop removal permits, in order to address their impact on...
More than 100 Million of the World’s Poorest Have Received Microloan
More than 106 million of the world’s poorest families received a microloan in 2007, surpassing a goal set ten years earlier, according to...
US and EU Should Be High on Afghan Opium
US President Barack Obama has called for new ideas on the world's seeming intractable problems. Well here's one that could undermine the Taliban in...
Rain Forest Botanical Possible ‘Miracle’ for Alzheimer’s Disease
A biotech firm in Washington recently announced an overwhelmingly positive response to compounds from a rain forest botanical for treating Alzheimer's Disease, along with...
Ten New Amphibian Species Discovered in Colombia
Ten new species of amphibians -- including three kinds of poison dart frogs and three transparent-skinned glass frogs -- have been discovered in the...
Afgan Schools to Benefit From $24 Million Boost
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren in Kabul are set to benefit from a $24 million donation from Japan, under an agreement signed today with...
Japan Geothermal Projects Pick Up After 20 Years
Several Japanese firms will kick off new projects to build geothermal power plans this year for the first time in nearly two decades. ...
Signs of Hope for Ethiopia’s Children
Amid the hardship facing Ethiopia's children, there are signs that conditions may be improving and that children's lives are changing for the better. According...
Afghanistan Making Significant Progress in Mine Clearance
More than 38,000 anti-personnel mines have been cleared in the past six months across Afghanistan – one of the most heavily mined countries in...
World’s Oldest and Deepest Lake Saved by a Woman Honored Today for Activism
Concerned with Russian plans to route a major oil pipeline within 900 yards of pristine Lake Baikal, a woman led thousands of people into...
Polish Priest Wins Templeton Prize for Uniting Science and Religion
Michael Heller, a Polish Roman Catholic priest and cosmologist whose intellectual and religious life has been grounded in the insights of both science and...