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Ten Millionth Tree Planted in Congo's Gorilla Habitat

The World Wildlife Fund is celebrating the ten millionth tree planted around crucial endangered mountain gorilla habitat in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Firefighters Rescue 1,000-Year-Old Tree From Drought

Just outside of Rockport, Texas, stands an ancient Live Oak that for well over 1,000 years has offered a long, cool shadow to weary locals during hot summers -- and now they're returning the favor. Fire fighters brought their hoses and pumped a deluge of life-giving water to the majestic oak.

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Investors Bet on Organic Farming in China

Investors in China betting big on the organic concept have poured money into food producers and distributors. Some are wrestling with a conflict between scale and quality, but this has not dampened their enthusiasm.

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Solar Energy From Windows

A start-up in Northern California is working on creating solar windows that could act as solar panels while also blocking sunlight from entering office buildings to reduce their energy needs. The company, Pythagoras Solar won a $100,000 prize last week in the GE Ecomagination Challenge, for its idea.

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New York Passes Historic Green Jobs Financing Law

An innovative financing mechanism for achieving the green jobs and carbon cuts mandated in New York was passed last week by the state legislature. The Power NY Act funnels energy savings from individual electric bills to the cause of financing energy efficient retrofits on one million buildings and homes.

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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 will make a two-year commitment to urban and rural public schools, almost a 30 percent increase over previous years of the organization's 18-year history.

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American Millionaires Rewrite Their Own Image

A group called Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength came to Washington, DC this week to ask the debt reduction Super Committee to raise taxes on millionaires so that everyone can pay their fair share. Emphasizing community responsibility over greed, 200 millionaires signed a letter that calls for Bush-era tax cuts to end for those earning more than a million dollars a year.

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Valuable Borneo Forests Set Aside to Sustain Endangered Orangutans, Elephants and Rhinos

The government of the Malaysian state of Sabah announced Friday it will protect its most important remaining lowland forests on the island of Borneo.