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Woman Recreates ‘The Last Supper’ in Laundry Lint
Creative inspiration can come from many sources, but the lint from your clothes dryer? Colored lint collected from a dryer screen became the media...
Government Extends Growing Season for Thousands of Organic Farmers, Providing Local Food Throughout Winter
Farmers, like Earl and Clarisse Snell of Alabama, can still grow summer squash and tomatoes as if it were summer, thanks to their new...
6 Young Environmental Leaders Win Prestigious Brower Award
They are the green generation. Six young people who are doing incredible things to safeguard the environment were honored this week with the prestigious...
Kohl’s Stores Reach Milestone With 100th Solar Location
After installing its first solar panels atop a California store three years ago, Kohl’s Department Stores marked a bright green milestone last week activating...
Global CO2 emissions Down 1.3 percent in 2009
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2009 fell 1.3 percent, marking the first such decline in a decade, German renewable energy institute IWR said...
Q2 Investments by US Businesses Most in 13 Years
The Commerce Department report released Friday did offer some encouraging economic news. Businesses invested the most in 13 years on equipment and software...
Students Pressure Nike to Help Honduran Workers
Facing pressure from universities and student groups, the apparel maker Nike announced on Monday that it would pay $1.54 million to help 1,800 workers...
Rocket Nozzles Could Pull Carbon From Coal Power Plants
An aerospace firm is working to turn rocket nozzle technology into a novel method for pulling carbon dioxide from the smokestacks of coal-burning power...
Winning a Battle to Honor a Civil War Hero
Margaret Zerwekh, 90, of Delafield, Wis., has won her fight to have a Medal of Honor awarded to Lt. Alonzo Cushing, a hero of...
Doctors Provide Free Health Care Nationwide This Saturday
A group of physicians have organized free health care clinics across 26 states tomorrow that will treat, screen and counsel patients who need care....
Green Charter Schools Teach by Using Natural World
Housed in a refurbished 19th-century brick silk mill, the Seven Generations Charter School, a kindergarten-through-fourth-grade elementary school in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, is one of many...
U.S. Carbon Emissions Dropped 7 Percent in 2009
According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, carbon emissions were slashed by a record 7% in 2009--a drop of...
40 Victories Since the First Earth Day: 40th Anniversary Timeline
Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago, America has become a cleaner, safer, more beautiful place with less pollution, more pristine rivers, fewer...
Team Loyalty Saves Football Fan’s Life
A Wisconsin man says his football loyalties to the Green Bay Packers helped save his life. He sold his blood for $15 per pint...
The 100 Best Corporate Citizens
Corporate Responsibility Magazine announced its 11th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List and this year the list includes a number of companies whose rankings...
U.S. Finally Salutes World War II Fly Girls With Congressional Medals
On Wednesday, more than six decades after their service, the nation's first "fly girls" were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal at a ceremony in...
Company to Recycle Carbon Dioxide into Gasoline
Until we live in a society dominated by hydrogen and electric vehicles, new bio-fuel and carbon capture technologies can help us lower our dependence...
At Last, Some Good News for Progressives
(Op-Ed) Yesterday, voters in Oregon approved two measures that will raise taxes on high-income residents and corporations, enabling a state plagued by 11...
After Autos, Rebirth for One Town
When auto manufacturing left Kenosha, Wis., the city did not want to stare at empty, worn-out buildings. So it embarked on a massive...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...