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 2008 2008-05-17T16:00:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/regrowing_the_rainforest/?source=rss Half a century after most of Costa Rica's rainforests were cut down, researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute took on a project that many thought was impossible - restoring a tropical rainforest ecosystem. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Science, Technology, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories 2008-04-24T00:35:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rare_leatherback_turtles_gain_protection_in_costa_rica/?source=rss As dawn breaks on Playa Grande, the light reveals shallow sand pits where leatherback sea turtles laid their eggs the night before. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2008-03-15T09:29:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/18_fairtrade_ideas_for_fairtrade_fortnight/?source=rss With Fairtrade Fortnight reaching the end of its first week, the Fairtrade Foundation has come up with 18 tips and nuggets of Fairtrade information to spread the word about the UK’s fastest growing grocery sector. 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Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Central America, Guatemala, Top Stories 2008-02-05T09:16:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rain_power_harvesting_energy_from_the_sky/?source=rss Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from falling raindrops into electricity that can be used to power sensors and other electronics devices. Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Business, Regions, Africa, Central African Republic, Cote dIvoire, Dem. 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Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, North America, United States, Washington 2007-10-21T20:25:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/al_gore_ipcc_share_nobel_peace_prize_for_2007/?source=rss 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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Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Asia, Mongolia, Central America, Costa Rica, El Salvador, East Asia, China, Europe, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Middle East, Qatar, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Oceania, Australia, Micronesia, South America, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, South-East Asia, Viet Nam, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2007-09-21T11:32:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/dole_food_company_inc_announces_carbon_neutral_project_in_collaboration_wit/?source=rss Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, Dole's operating subsidiary in Costa Rica, and Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal (FONAFIFO), the National Forestry Financing Fund and an entity of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, signed a ground breaking agreement to work together on a project aimed at establishing a carbon neutral product supply chain for bananas and pineapples, from their production in Costa Rica to the markets in North America and Europe. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Business, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, North America, United States, California, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-08-14T13:15:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hundreds_hit_the_streets_to_clean_them_head_of_mostly_latino_group_says_eff/?source=rss Shouts could be heard from the parking lot of Eastway Church of God on Saturday morning. Special Interest, General Special Interest, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Central America, Honduras, North America, United States, North Carolina, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-07-25T10:45:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/shipping_nations_ban_toxic_cleaning_agent/?source=rss After more than ten years of lobbying by WWF, shipping states within the UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) have ratified legislation that bans the use of tributyltin (TBT) in anti-fouling systems of ships. Environment, Water, Wildlife, Business, Regions, Central America, Panama, Europe, United Kingdom, England, United Nations, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, UK Top Stories 2007-07-24T11:22:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/costa_rica_aims_to_win_carbon_neutral_nation_race/?source=rss Green trail-blazer Costa Rica is drawing up plans to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero before 2030, the government said Thursday, and aims to be the first nation to offset all its carbon. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica 2007-05-26T17:45:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/follow_a_turtle_race_on_the_web/?source=rss Biologists will switch on satellite trackers strapped to the backs of 11 female leatherback turtles on Monday, starting what conservationists have dubbed the 'Great Turtle Race' to raise awareness of a species threatened with extinction. Environment, Wildlife, Science, Technology, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, South America, Ecuador, North America, United States, Washington D.C., Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-04-17T15:06:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/first_carbon_scrubbing_forestry_projects_certified/?source=rss Two reforestation projects, intended to improve the immediate ecosystem as well as fight climate change, have received the first certification under comprehensive new standards launched by the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Business, Regions, Central America, Panama, East Asia, China, North America, United States, Washington D.C., Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-04-01T13:32:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/cocoa_increases_brain_blood_flow_function/?source=rss A nice cup of the right kind of cocoa could hold the promise of promoting brain function as people age. Regions, Central America, Panama, Europe, United Kingdom, England, North America, United States, California, Massachusetts, Top Stories, UK Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-02-22T15:12:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/microcredit_campaigners_claim_success_in_helping_worlds_poorest/?source=rss A program aimed at helping the world's poorest people with small business loans is well on its way to achieving its goal of reaching 100 million people, US-based activists said. World, Regions, Central America, El Salvador, Top Stories, World Top Stories 2006-11-02T14:58:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/nations_to_form_land_mine_removal_center/?source=rss Defense ministers from across the Americas agreed Wednesday to create an international land-mine removal center and many called for joint military missions for disaster relief and peacekeeping worldwide. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Regions, Central America, Nicaragua 2006-10-05T14:01:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/us_swaps_guatemalan_debt_for_forest_protection/?source=rss The United States will forgive about 20 percent of the $122 million debt owed by Guatemala so the money can be used to protect threatened plants and wildlife, the government said Monday. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Regions, Central America, Guatemala, North America, United States, Washington D.C. 2006-10-05T13:56:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/looted_maya_treasure_returned_anonymously/?source=rss A 1,500-year-old Maya stone box that had been looted from a Guatemalan cave has been returned by an unnamed collector. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science, Archeology, Special Interest, Reunited Stories, Regions, Central America, Guatemala 2006-06-11T17:54:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/on_ancient_walls_a_new_maya_epoch1/?source=rss On the sacred walls and inside the dark passageways of ancient ruins in Guatemala, archaeologists are making discoveries that open expanded vistas of the vibrant Maya civilization in its formative period, a time reaching back more than 1,000 years before its celebrated Classic epoch. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science, Archeology, Regions, Central America, Guatemala 2006-05-18T18:03:00-08:00