Fifteen years after nearly being annihilated by Saddam Hussein, almost half of Iraqí¢â¬â¢s fabled marshlands of Mesopotamia, considered by some to be the original Garden of Eden, have been restored with water and wildlife.
Owners of State Farm Arena, home of the Atlanta Hawks NBA franchise, are turning their venue into a polling and voting location for the city during COVID-19
The largest wind farm in Africa was inaugurated in Northern Morocco last week by King Mohammed VI as part of a larger, ongoing renewable energy plan. The huge wind farm, 26 miles long (42 km) and situated outside of Tangiers, boasts 165 wind turbines, offering a production capacity of 140 megawatts.
It is refreshing to read about the successes in Africa. Tanzania is a haven of co-existance between two peoples joined in unification in 1964, Tanzanian mainlanders, who are primarily Christian, and the Zanzibaris, who are 98 per cent Muslim.
Governor Ritter wants Colorado to be the example for the rest of the nation when it comes to green technology and energy efficiency giving thirty seven communities across the state a grant from the governors energy office to encourage the building of energy efficient homes.
As the Obama administration prepares its $75 billion plan to help as many as four million people avoid foreclosure, states are stepping up their own efforts to halt the rise in foreclosures, like the 600 attorneys who volunteered to help New Jersey homeowners facing foreclosure in an unprecedented state-sponsored effort to keep people in their homes.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) has become the seventh major religious organization in the United States to support the use of medical marijuana, an issue expected to come before the US House of Representatives during the week.
Not just in homes and buildings, Philadelphia has revved up its energy efficiency campaign in the streets. Through the Greenworks Philadelphia project, the Philadelphia Streets Department is converting 58,000 yellow and green traffic signals to LED lights, replacing traditional energy-draining bulbs and saving the city $1 million of electricity costs every year.
Singapore has met a target for water recycling four years early. Tired of importing half its water from neighboring countries, Singapore is making itself more self-sufficient through recycling.
The Girl Scouts founded 100 years ago today in Savannah, Ga., now count 3.2 million members. Generations of girls grew up in those green uniforms, making memories with cookies, crafts and campfires.
A new Las Vegas casino slated for completion in 2010 will house five hotels, 30 restaurants and of course, casino space, but it also will incorporate some of the latest thinking in environmentally aware construction.
On July 30 the US Department of Housing and Urban Development reported the number of chronically homeless people living in shelters and on the streets dropped roughly 30% from 2005 to 2007 (175,914 to 123,833).
Vermont and Illinois are now footing the bill to help foster-care youths who turn 18, extending foster-care services to age 21.
Inventor and water-treatment expert Michael Pritchard was inspired after the devastating Asian tsunami and hurricane Katrina, which left so many without clean drinking water, to develop the Lifesaver bottle, a revolutionary water-filtration method could drastically reduce the suffering worldwide due to the lack of access to clean water.
Due to a rule in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, US health insurers generally have to spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars on health care and quality, not administrative overhead or marketing. Insurers that don't meet or exceed this standard, are sending millions in rebates back to consumers and businesses.
Taking one baby step on the path to general election polling for all, the United Arab Emirates, a Persian Gulf state that was created in 1971, held its first election Saturday.
The World Bank approved details to implement the 2005 debt relief initiative, which will cancel the debt of some of the worldí¢â¬â¢s poorest countries starting onJuly 1, 2006, at the start of the Bankí¢â¬â¢s fiscal year.
Chad offered its support on Friday for UN-led efforts to bring peace to neighbouring Sudan's troubled Darfur region by hosting a conference for rebel groups, President Idriss Deby said.
Women are making inroads in the government of Bahrain, a tiny Persian Gulf country that first gave women the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections after the constitution was amended in 2002.
A valley in Bulgaria's mountains, for decades known for making AK-47 rifles, now has blossomed into a supplier of organic rose oil for beauty products, reviving a centuries' old industry. Every morning at dawn hundreds of villagers hustle through fields of rose bushes to pick fresh blooms still damp with morning dew.
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