Morgantown – In Central Appalachia there has been a group dedicated to creating alternative energy jobs in the area. It is a building first for the West Virginia southern coalfields region – rooftop solar panels, put together by the unemployed and underemployed coal miners and contractors of the region. [Read more…] about Miners new solar employment
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Green Tourists Lend A Hand To Aruba
Visitors to Aruba can get hands-on with the Dutch Caribbean island’s ground-breaking green initiatives with the annual reef care project in September. [Read more…] about Green Tourists Lend A Hand To Aruba
Celebrities back Awa tribe
One year after Oscar winning actor Colin Firth launched Survival International’s campaign to save the Awá, Earth’s most threatened tribe, a large number of international celebrities have joined him and his wife Livia in backing the urgent campaign. [Read more…] about Celebrities back Awa tribe
Rhino poaching on the increase
Pretoria- The number of rhinos poached in South Africa since the start of the year has increased to 273 with the Kruger National Park bearing the brunt, says the Department of Environmental Affairs. [Read more…] about Rhino poaching on the increase
Disaster in Lower Omo Valley predicted
Three independent reports have warned that the controversial Gibe III dam, and land grabs for plantations, risk imminent ‘catastrophe’ in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley. [Read more…] about Disaster in Lower Omo Valley predicted