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“Be Inspired” Week on Good Morning America
We all know people who inspire us with their brains, creativity, compassion and drive -- people who make a difference by changing lives and...
Vince Gill and Friends Raise $1.7 Million for Nashville Flood Relief
Vince Gill headlined a three-and-a-half hour flood-relief telethon on Nashville's local NBC affiliate, WSMV, with he and some of his celebrity friends, like...
Waste Company Pays Customers to Recycle
Recycling is good for the planet, but now it can be good for your wallet. Allied Waste is teaming up with Recycle Bank in...
Christmas Outpouring in November for Dying Boy
Seven weeks before Christmas, a modern day Christmas miracle was taking place in South Lyon, Michigan, in the home of a five-year-old boy in...
Government Leads By Example Greening its Business
With little fanfare, President Obama signed in early October an executive order that will reduce the carbon footprint of the federal government. Federal agencies...
USDA to Fund Environmental Clean-up of Mississippi River
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week a new initiative to improve water quality and the overall health of the Mississippi River Basin funded...
Lost Dog Gathers Clues to Find its Family (Video)
Over the last 20 years, the Love Me Tender animal rescue in central Tennessee has rounded up more than 1,000 abandoned dogs....
Nissan Rolls Out Electric Car for 2010
Nissan unveiled its new electric car yesterday. The Leaf, a medium-size hatchback, debuted with a top speed of 87 miles per hour (140km) and...
Heartland States Send National Guard to Aid Afghan Farmers
National Guard troops from a half-dozen heartland states are taking their civilian farming know-how to Afghanistan in a little-noticed aspect of the Obama administration’s...
Nissan to Make Electric Cars in U.S.
Nissan Motor Co plans to launch production of electric vehicles and their batteries in Tennessee to tap U.S. low-interest loans for green vehicles....
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...
183 Projects Funded for Fish and Wildlife
From the Lower Mississippi River Delta to the North Carolina coast, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will undertake 183 construction projects focused...
African-American Divers Join Search for Sunken Slave Ship
The search for a 19th-century slave ship, wrecked on a reef while illegally transporting 561 African slaves, continues in Biscayne National Park but with...
Animal Odd Couple Best Friends (Video)
At the Tennessee elephant sanctuary, where animals usually pair up with each other, one elephant instead has formed a lasting bond with Bella the...
‘Disaster Divas’ Charity Met With Great Success (Video)
One of the smallest tornado relief charities in middle Tennessee has been met with such enthusiasm and genoristy that girls throughout a destroyed high...
Web Sites Provide Big Savings on College Textbooks
Because the average first-year college student today spends over $900 on textbooks, Web sites have sprung up offering price-comparison tools that help save 50...
Bald Eagle Soars Off Endangered List: 11,000 Pairs From Only 417
In one of the world's greatest conservation success stories, bald eagle populations have climbed from a dismal count of just 417 nesting pairs in...
Bionic Arm Provides Hope for Iraq War Amputees
Researchers are collaborating — and the U.S. government is funding — an initiative to bring bionic arms to soldiers who return from the Middle East missing...
Room to Move, a Sanctuary for Retired, Rescued Zoo Elephants
Elephants are majestic creatures who are highly intelligent, complex, social, sensitive and even humorous. They form intricate family structures and grieve for their dead....
A Sure Sign of Spring: Wild Whooping Cranes Return to Wisconsin
Among the signs of springtime these days in central Wisconsin is the arrival of wild whooping cranes on Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and along...