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Fortune 500 Companies Flex Market Muscle, Reject Tar SandsMajor US corporations are adding market pressure to the growing wave of opposition against tar sands expansion, giving tar sands producers a fresh reason to consider the consequences of their poor environmental street cred. |
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New Study Shows Americans Used Less Energy and More Renewables in 2009U.S. energy use fell in 2009 and Americans used more wind and solar power and less electricity generated by burning coal and natural gas, according to a survey by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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Smallest frog in Asia discovered in BorneoResearchers on an expedition in Borneo have found a new and very tiny species of frog. |
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Scientists hope to collect electricity from the airPowering homes with electricity collected from the air may be possible after scientists report solving a centuries old riddle about how moisture in the atmosphere becomes electrically charged. |
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Lab made cornea offers new hope for restored visionCorneas made in the laboratory have markedly improved the sight of 10 Swedish patients with significant vision loss. |
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Rich exoplanet system discoveredAstronomers have discovered a planetary system containing at least five planets that orbit a star called HD 10180, which is much like our own Sun. |
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White House crackdown on dirty trucks gathers paceTough new US rules governing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from large trucks and buses edged forward last week when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent draft proposals to the White House. |
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Miners trapped in Chile mine for 17 days are aliveThirty-three miners who have been trapped underground in a Chilean mine for the past 17 days are all alive, President Sebastian Pinera has said. |
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Predictive blood test for TB ‘a step closer’International researchers say they have made a 'significant step' towards a predictive blood test for tuberculosis. |
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Ultraviolet light reveals how Greek statues really lookedA recent touring exhibition is turning a long held common belief on its head. The common perception is that the great statues and buildings of ancient Greece and Rome were all pure unpainted stone or green tarnished bronze, but researchers have been arguing that this may not been what these classic monuments really looked like back in the era of their creation. |
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Spray-on film turns glass into solar panelsIf the very idea of a spray-on film that can turn windows into solar collectors sounds too good to be true, think again. |
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Mexico City bans free plastic bagsMexico - A new law has come into effect in Mexico City giving the authorities the power to fine shops which give away free plastic bags to their customers. |
about Ryan
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thoughts: I’m trying to do what I think needs to do to get through this difficult time in our evolution as a species - and that is to share inspirational true stories. So many people I talk to feel ineffective in their ability to make the world better by responding to the problems that need to be addressed with positive action. I believe that part of the reason is because they look around and don’t see other people in their lives or those shown in mainstream media stepping up to the plate and doing good. What’s I believe is important in this world is to realize that every one of us needs to do their part in order for positive change to happen. Even if that part is to influence something bigger then oneself to take action - like, for example, writing a letter to a government body that is capable of creating massive change through legislation. The Great News Network exists to provide that often missing piece in mainstream media - deliver news stories of positive change happenning here and now.
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