http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bp_well_declared_effectively_dead/?source=rss BP's blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been permanently sealed, a U.S. government official said, five months after an explosion destroyed a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2010-09-20T17:17:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/us_scientist_says_much_surface_gulf_oil_dispersed/?source=rss Oil from BP's damaged Gulf of Mexico well is clearing from the sea surface faster than expected, scientists say, 100 days after the disaster began. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Water, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2010-07-28T21:15:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/oil_spill_capped_for_a_second_day_offering_some_hope/?source=rss The hemorrhaging well that has spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico remained capped for a second day Friday, providing some hope of a long-term solution to the environmental disaster. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2010-07-16T04:55:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/gulf_of_mexico_oil_cap_funnels_6000_barrels/?source=rss A special cap funnelling oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill appears to be having some success, a US Coast Guard official has said. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Water, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2010-06-05T17:03:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bp_sees_some_success_with_top_kill_method/?source=rss BP has measured "some success" in the Gulf of Mexico with a risky procedure known as "top kill," which has never been tried before a mile under the ocean's surface, the company's top executive said Friday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2010-05-28T14:09:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/gulf_oil_spill_first_leak_capped_says_bp/?source=rss BP has managed to seal the smallest of the three leaks spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the company says. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Water, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2010-05-06T03:53:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brown_pelican_no_longer_endangered_us/?source=rss The brown pelican, listed as an endangered species even before the 1973 U.S. Endangered Species Act existed, is officially back from the brink of extinction, the Interior Department said on Wednesday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Washington D.C. 2009-11-13T12:36:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/planting_fruit_trees_is_part_of_hurricane_recovery/?source=rss Listening to Cam Akin, one gets the impression that fruit trees can save the world. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, North America, United States, California, Louisiana 2009-11-11T12:43:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/disney_spends_7_million_to_conserve_forests_in_peru_congo_usa/?source=rss The Walt Disney Company, which for 60 years has portrayed the glories of nature in film, today announced a $7 million investment to protect forests in the United States, in the Peruvian Amazon and in the Congo Basin. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Business, Regions, Africa, Rep. of the Congo, South America, Peru, North America, United States, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi 2009-11-03T12:01:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/the_plow_hearthr_campaign_to_reforest_americar_reaches_goal/?source=rss The Plow & Hearth(R) Campaign to Reforest America®, a yearlong reforestation effort launched by the company last October has reached its goal of donating one million trees to be planted in locations across the country. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Business, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia 2009-10-25T01:28:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/feds_designate_320_million_to_improve_mississippi_river_water_quality/?source=rss The river that begins as a trickle in Itasca State Park in Minnesota and ends 2,350 miles later at the Gulf of Mexico will get a $320 million infusion from the federal government to improve water quality. World, Politics, Environment, Water, Regions, North America, United States, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington D.C., Wisconsin 2009-09-30T10:13:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/as_big_banks_repay_bailout_us_sees_profit/?source=rss Nearly a year after the federal rescue of the nation’s biggest banks, taxpayers have begun seeing profits from the hundreds of billions of dollars in aid that many critics thought might never be seen again, The New York Times’s Zachery Kouwe reported. World, Politics, Business, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana, New York, Texas, Washington D.C. 2009-08-31T15:14:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_neighbor_turns_out_to_be_brother_given_up_for_adoption/?source=rss Who's the guy across the street? Feel Good, Reunited Stories, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2009-05-21T11:35:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/caught_on_camera_is_this_the_worlds_only_pink_dolphin/?source=rss These are the stunning pictures of a rare pink bottlenose dolphin spotted swimming in a Louisiana lake. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2009-03-05T01:20:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/download_a_song_help_build_a_home_in_new_orleans/?source=rss I know there are plenty of you out there who may have forgotten that the city of New Orleans still needs your help and the good people of New Orleans still need homes. Feel Good, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2009-01-06T10:01:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/habitat_builds_homes_in_a_blitz_as_need_grows/?source=rss For Marshall Johnson, the shock has yet to wear off. Feel Good, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana 2008-12-21T01:47:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/pitts_first_make_it_right_homes_complete_in_la/?source=rss The first homes in Brad Pitt's Make It Right rebuilding project are complete, and some three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, 68-year-old grandmother Gloria Guy was on hand to give the actor a big hug. World, Human Rights, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, North America, United States, Louisiana, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-10-11T09:04:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/nfl_team_donates_35000_to_oldest_new_orleans_hs/?source=rss The San Francisco 49ers donated $35,000 to Warren Easton High School as part of the school's 95th anniversary celebration on Saturday. Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, North America, United States, California, Louisiana, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2008-09-28T15:56:02+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/an_ex_president_an_actor_and_hundreds_of_students_help_rebuild_new_orleans/?source=rss More than 600-students from 40 states in the U.S. and six continents joined Sunday with former President Bill Clinton and actor Brad Pitt to help rebuild the Katrina-damaged Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans. World, Human Rights, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Science, Technology, Regions, North America, United States, California, Louisiana, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-03-21T08:22:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/angelina_jolie_makes_it_right_too/?source=rss Pregnant Angelina Jolie comes out to support her main man Brad Pitt in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisana on Sunday. World, Human Rights, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Science, Technology, Feel Good, Regions, North America, United States, California, Louisiana, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-03-21T08:18:00+00:00