Environment, General/Other News
News and information on the role that government, small business, the nonprofit sector and philanthropy play in creating healthy and vibrant communities.
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Treasury announces a $150 million in state funds to be given to clean energy manufacturers.
The funds are part of the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax...more
The Council for Affordable and Rural Housing (CARH) is looking for eligible applicants for them to apply for scholarship, which will be $1,000 per semester for educational expenses, with four years...more
The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) takes off its newest community development initiative called the Growing Green project.
The project will whip the city's vacant lots into shape....more
At a press briefing organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Lance Waller, PhD, chair of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health...more
The Solutions Project demonstrates all the positive possibilities of a country running solely on renewable energy in a new interactive map.
The Solutions Project is comprised of researchers and...more
The Congress, the Supreme Court, and the White House all agree that the government can and should be tackling carbon pollution from dirty power plants.
President Barack Obama has recently...more
The Hoopers Island Oyster Aquaculture Company, co-owned by Johnny Shockley and Ricky Fitzhugh, spearheaded Dorchester County's innovative aquaculture movement using the latest...more
The National Weather Service seeks volunteer observers who will help report about the weather conditions such as rainfall, snow or hailstorms.
The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow...more
Nearly 270 schoolchildren whipped up creative ideas to solve the world's global waste problem.
Latitude, a Massachusetts-based creative research and marketing firm, joined forces with schools...more
