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 2009 2009-11-11T13:53:00-08:00 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 2009-11-11T12:43:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/governments_see_dollars_in_re_grown_forests/?source=rss As international attention shifts to Copenhagen and the coming United Nations conference on climate change, reforestation is emerging as a critical issue for the environment and as a source for government revenue. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, East Asia, China, Hong Kong, Europe, Denmark, Oceania, Australia, South-East Asia, Indonesia, Viet Nam 2009-11-10T23:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/from_tree_to_green_urban_forest_plan_takes_root/?source=rss Edmonton's urban forest could sprout a slightly different look under the city's first management plan expected by the end of the year. World, Politics, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, Europe, United Kingdom, North America, Canada, Alberta 2009-11-10T13:20:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_green_jobs_dont_require_college_degree/?source=rss As solar incentives kick off during Energy Awareness Month, new jobs are opening up all across the nation. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Business, Regions, North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Wisconsin 2009-11-07T13:28:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hi_tech_protection_for_ants/?source=rss Nests made by the hairy northern wood ant have been given a GPS address by the Forestry Commission to protect them during ongoing work to restore a Northumberland forest to its ancient roots. Environment, Forests, Wildlife, Science, Technology, Special Interest, Regions, Europe, United Kingdom, England 2009-11-06T15:59:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_forest_helps_save_villages/?source=rss Over the past month, typhoons “Pepeng” and “Ramil” lashed northern Luzon, but residents of a town in Cagayan province are thanking their young trees for sparing their place from killer landslides that buried villages in other mountainside communities. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2009-11-04T12:50:01-08:00 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 2009-11-03T12:01:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/prehistory_offers_climate_lessons/?source=rss An ancient civilisation which caused its own demise through forest clearance offers "important lessons for our management of fragile, arid areas", a report has claimed. Environment, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land 2009-11-03T11:41:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/a_pioneering_solar_energy_project_is_using_green_technology_to_improve_the_/?source=rss A pioneering solar energy project is using green technology to improve the lives of isolated villagers living beyond the reach of power lines on Argentina's windswept Andean plains. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Science, Technology, Regions, South America, Argentina 2009-10-27T16:34:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/volunteers_plant_1000_trees/?source=rss Volunteers on Guam joined a global movement to reduce carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere by planting trees at Cetti Bay. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, Oceania, Guam 2009-10-26T13:25:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/som_wins_competition_to_create_beijings_sustainable_city_center/?source=rss Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was recently awarded the contract to create a stunning new Central Business District in Beijing. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Science, Technology, Business, Regions, East Asia, China 2009-10-26T12:49:00-08:00 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 2009-10-25T01:28:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/vail_backs_hayman_fire_reforestation_with_750k/?source=rss Vail Resorts Inc. is wagering $750,000 that investing in the rehabilitation of forests and watersheds — none of which is contiguous to its ski areas — will increase its business nonetheless. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Special Interest, Regions, North America, United States, Colorado 2009-10-17T10:47:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/reforestation_strategy_to_the_rescue_of_cuban_soils_damaged_by_mining_works/?source=rss The Pinares de Mayari Basic Unit intends to repair the environmental damage caused by opencast mining operations in one of Cuba’s easternmost provinces by cultivating plants in the affected areas. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Caribbean, Cuba 2009-10-16T15:33:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/restored_wetlands_considered_for_carbon_offsets/?source=rss As landowners increasingly market forest lands for their carbon offsets, other sources are being considered. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Texas 2009-10-15T10:36:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/brazil_eyes_amazon_sugar_cane_ban/?source=rss The Brazilian government has unveiled plans to ban sugar cane plantations in environmentally sensitive areas. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Brazil 2009-10-12T01:07:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/dominican_republic_to_plant_2_million_trees/?source=rss The Dominican Republic has launched a reforestation project focused on planting 2 million trees across the country. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Haiti 2009-10-10T12:58:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/upland_farmers_hired_to_reforest_antiques_mountainous_barangays/?source=rss A total of 220 farmer-members of upland farmers' organizations in the towns of Barbaza and Libertad in northern Antique have engaged in Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) and reforestation project, a program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (CLEEP). World, Politics, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Business, Regions, South-East Asia, Philippines 2009-10-09T11:02:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/uganda_trees_first_in_africa_to_count_as_co2_emissions_reductions/?source=rss Pines and a mix of native African trees will soon cover what is now grassland within Uganda's Rwoho Central Forest Reserve, an upper watershed of Lake Victoria. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Uganda, East Asia, Japan 2009-10-07T09:56:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/escondido_man_to_reforest_butterfly_reserve/?source=rss An Escondido man with a passion for the bright orange-and-black monarch butterfly will play a key role in the restoration of the butterfly's winter home in Mexico's Sierra Madre, as a result of a bi-national initiative announced this week at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's climate summit in Los Angeles. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, California 2009-10-03T13:57:00-08:00