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UNICEF Launches $150M Recovery Plan Restoring Schools, Clinics Lost in Pakistan Quake
UNICEF will construct 500 permanent schools and some 70 permanent rural health centres in northern Pakistan, the UN Children's Fund said on Wednesday, where...
New Power Plants To Run On Chicken Droppings
Power plants that burn chicken droppings and turkey leftovers are sure to be welcome in areas like Maryland's Eastern Shore and North Carolina where...
Gaza Children Flown to Israeli Hospital
Larry Rich sheds some positive light on relations in the Middle East that are hidden from the world's media. Israeli technology, medical expertise, and...
Judge Rules for Whales in Navy Sonar Case
For those of you concerned that the Navy was going ahead this week with exercises at sea utilizing underwater sonar known to harm whales...
3.8 million Acres of California Ocean Floor Protected
The Nature Conservancy announced this week the purchase of six trawling permits and four trawling vessels from commercial fishermen in Morro Bay as part...
Mouse Rides Frog’s Back in Flood
This amazing and touching Reuters Photo shows a mouse riding on the back of a frog in floodwaters in the northern Indian city of...
Over 6 Million Acres of New Protected Areas Established in the Amazon
On June 6, 2006, the Brazilian government announced the creation of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest totaling 6.2 million acres, including The Juruena...
Bolivia Launches Major New Deal Poverty Program
The new government of Bolivia has announced a sweeping plan to reduce poverty and create employment. Bolivia, the poorest country in South America, will...
Homeless Choir Inspires Audiences Worldwide
They were homeless in Montreal, yet the singers of Accueil Bonneau Choir (also known as the Montreal Homeless Choir) captivated audiences worldwide -- and...
Wonderful Life Tops 100 Most Inspiring Films List
Last night the American Film Institute presented the list of Top 100 Most Inspiring American Films in a three-hour television special on CBS. A...
Holland Cruise Ship Rescues Migrants
The United Nations is praising the rescue of 22 migrants, including at least one asylum seeker, whose vessel had sunk in the Aegean Sea,...
Lifeboat Rescues Deer Swimming out to Sea
A lifeboat crew has rescued a young deer which was spotted swimming out to sea from Arbroath Harbour in the UK. The disoriented animal...
Boeing 747 Transformed to Fight Fires
A Boeing 747 aircraft that has been transformed into a fire fighting prototype is on a mission to win approval from federal aviation authorities....
New Technology Turns Garbage Into Gold
(Reprint of a GNN story from 2003; in preparation for a followup article soon)
IMAGINE. . . Imagine a machine that can turn almost...
Plastic Bio Bottle is Composted into Plant Food
Belu Natural Mineral Water last week launched the UK’s first biodegradable and compostable plastic bottle. The revolutionary plastic bottle is made from corn instead...
Volunteers Help Rescue First Turtle Nest of Season
Volunteers and officials near Panama City Beach, Florida, have been helping sea turtle eggs survive so that baby turtles can safely hatch and return...
U.S. Farm Manure Begins to Power Homes
Turning manure into a source of electricity is a reality today. The manure from Lee Jensen's cows can power about 600 homes in Wisconsin....
Michigan’s Rouge River Back from Brink
Michigan's Rouge River has been returned to health thanks to the Clean Water Act, $1 billion and measures to filter runoff from surrounding factories,...
Corporate Board Rooms Open the Doors to Green Advisors
Environmentalists Cooperate With Business, Praise Every Good Step A special collection in the New York Times Business section...
Newly Approved Bird Repellant Saves Corn and Cranes
A ten-year cooperative effort has finally yielded a clever solution to solve the conflict between corn farmers and the endangered sandhill cranes that eat...