Positive news from Kentucky
Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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US settles record environmental suit against power firmWashington - In a record-breaking environmental settlement, a US power company accused of endangering millions of people has pledged to slash its emissions of acid-rain gases, officials said Tuesday. |
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New wind plant to open in KentuckyMorgantown, Kentucky, USA - Wind Energy Corp. announced plans for a new manufacturing facility in Morgantown, Ky. |
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Logging Plan Halted for National Forest in Kentucky over Environmental Objections
Louisville, KY -
The U.S. Forest Service said Thursday it was ending a plan to sell timber in a Kentucky national forest and would consider environmental groups' objections if the project is taken up in the future.
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Indiana program helps horses, inmates: Prisoners care for retired animalsPutnamville, Indiana, USA - The rescue program for racehorses has been in place for only a month, but inmate Timothy Anderson of Indianapolis already has picked his favorite: Bert's Nicky. |
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82-Year-Old Ex-Beauty Queen Stops Intruder by Shooting Out TiresWaynesburg, Kentucky - Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle's tires and stop an intruder. |
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AEP seeks proposals for 1,000 MW of wind power in eastern statesColumbus, Ohio, USA - American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) has issued two requests for proposals (RFPs) seeking long-term wind energy purchase agreements, the first steps toward a goal of adding 1,000 megawatts of new wind energy by 2011. |
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Fire safe cigarettes may soon be mandatoryFrankfort, Kentucky, USA - A bill making fire-safe cigarettes mandatory passed a state senate committee today. |
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Michigan Man Receives Hand TransplantLouisville, Kentucky, USA - A Michigan man who lost his right hand in a work-related accident more than 30 years ago became the third successful hand transplant recipient in the United States, doctors said Thursday. |
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Good news in America
- Obama triples area of protected California coastline
- Obama ‘backs assault weapons ban’
- Victories for Marriage Equality and First Openly Gay U.S. Senator
- Lucas Giving Disney’s Billions To Fund Education
- New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to Life
- SpaceX launches station cargo
- Tesla Unveils Solar Powered Charging Stations
- Obama Hikes Fuel Efficiency to 54.5 MPG by 2025
- Bill Nye the Science Guy asks parents not to raise creationist kids
- Community-Owned Solar Power on the Rise in the U.S.
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