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Cyclists Get Fortified Bike Lane in Downtown DC
For a cyclist, getting "doored" by a parked car is a usually painful and sometimes expensive collision, occuring when someone in a...
New Technologies Suck Carbon Right Out of Air
A variety of new technologies are gearing up to grab climate-warming carbon right out of the air. This is different from trapping carbon...
Massachusetts Health Care Honored as Government Success
As the Obama administration and Congress debate the details of a national health care plan, the state that paved the way for universal...
Good Idea! Doggies Get the Pool for Final Day of Season
The dog days of summer ended last night with the second annual Pooch Plunge. The Albert Oakland Pool opened solely for dogs....
Toddler Lost in Yukon Gets to Keep Dog He Followed
A two-year-old boy lost in the Yukon bush overnight after wandering away from his family's campsite will get to keep the dog he...
Tot Survives 8-Mile River Run on Toy Truck
A 3-year-old boy was unhurt and apparently unfazed after he floated 12 kilometres down a powerful British Columbia river riding atop his plastic...
Virgin Music Festival Gives 35,000 Free Tickets: Just Donate or Volunteer for the Homelsss
An innovative charity concert twist rewards volunteerism with free concert tickets. The Virgin Mobile FreeFest music festival already gave away 35,000 tickets for free,...
Most Stood by, But Two Braved an Explosion to Save Stranger
A South Carolina city has something to be proud of this week:
Two men braved a burning car to save a stranger seconds before...
Production of Heroin, Cocaine Decline Sharply
The UN has reported a sharp decline in the production of opium in Afghanistan (used for heroin) and cocoa fields in Columbia (used to...
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...
53 Wind Projects Awarded $8.5M, Includes Environmental Impact Research
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu last week announced a list of 53 wind energy projects that will receive up to $8.5...
Turning Air into Water? Gadget Does Just That
Remember those sweltering summer days when the air was so muggy you could practically drink it? A new home appliance is promising to make...
Polluters Pay Record Fines, Achieve Record Clean Up
Fiscal year 2008 was a banner year for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement of pollution laws and resulted in a record $11.8 billion...
Healthiest Cities in US: Lincoln, Nebraska is #1
The top four healthiest cities for 2007 according to the US Centers for Disease Control are: Lincoln, Nebraska; Fargo, North Dakota; Boulder, Colorado; and...
Giant Prehistoric Fish Rebounding in Canada
When dozens of white sturgeon began washing up dead on the banks of British Columbia's Fraser River in the mid-1990s, some feared that North...
A Sea of Humanity Voted Today
3rd UPDATE, NOV 8 The number of votes counted after Nov. 4 has already shattered all records. But the turnout rate appears to...
2008 American Government Innovation Awards
Sweeping the honors for this year’s Innovations in American Government Awards are three states: Missouri, for its successful approach to rehabilitating juvenile offenders; North...
Non-Profit Teach for America Sees Big Growth
Teach For America announced this week a record number of incoming recruits for fall placement in low-income schools across the country. 3,700 new teachers...
How to Recycle Those Threadbare Duds, Schedule a Pick-Up
Just because that old shirt you used to love is too threadbare to wear anymore doesn't mean it has to end up in a...
EARTH ALERT ’08: Top Ten Good News for the Earth
Happy Earth Day! Here are the top ten good news stories for the environment... Since the first Earth Day in 1970, air quality has...