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How Icehearts is transforming lives of at-risk kids in Finland

This 12-year program in Finland inspires troubled kids to reach for their dreams.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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After a horrific road accident, this leopard cub is learning to walk again

A leopard cub left paralyzed by a car is pulling off a 'miraculous' recovery, thanks to the efforts of Wildlife SOS in Maharashtra, India.




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In the Green Room: Chuck's biodiesel explainer, part one

In this episode, Chuck chats with fellow musician Rob Del Bueno from Refuel Biodiesel about how he went from making fuel in his backyard (let's just say the EPA




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In the Green Room: Chuck's biodiesel explainer, part two

In this episode, Chuck chats with fellow musician Rob Del Bueno from Refuel Biodiesel about how to make biodiesel. "It's simple to do," Del Bueno says, "but it'




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In the Green Room: Jayni and Chevy Chase

Chuck sits down for an interview with Jayni and Chevy Chase.




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In the Green Room: Chuck's biodiesel explainer, part three

Video: Chuck visits one of the first 24-hour card-swipe biodiesel filling kiosks.




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In the Green Room: Bryan Adams on Greenpeace and the Bryan Adams Foundation

Video: Learn about the Bryan Adams Foundation and what Bryan likes to do most when he's not playing music.



  • Arts & Culture

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In the Green Room: Greg Gumbel on how the NFL is going green

Video: Chuck Leavell talks to CBS sportscaster Greg Gumbel about how the NFL is going green.



  • Research & Innovations

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In the Green Room: Willie Nelson at Farm Aid

Video: Chuck interviews the legendary Willie Nelson at Farm Aid 2009.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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In the Green Room: Jason Mraz on farming

Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, talks to pop star Jason Mraz about his avocado farm and what it felt to be named the



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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In the Green Room: Country star Gretchen Wilson on the next generation of farmers

Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, sits down with country music star Gretchen Wilson at Farm Aid 2009 to talk about fig



  • Arts & Culture

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In the Green Room: Ray Anderson of Interface Inc., part 1

Video: Chuck interviews Ray Anderson of Interface Inc., author of 'Confessions of a Radical Industrialist'.



  • Remodeling & Design

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In the Green Room: Musician Will Dailey on eating healthy while touring

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and cofounder of MNN, sits down with singer-songwriter Will Dailey to chat about Farm Aid and eating go



  • Arts & Culture

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In the Green Room: Indigo Girls help Native Americans

Video: Chuck interviews the Indigo Girls about their nonprofit, Honor the Earth.



  • Arts & Culture

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In the Green Room: Touring the Okefenokee Swamp

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, takes a tour of the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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In the Green Room: Bryan Adams chats about Canadian forests

Video: Rock star Bryan Adams chats about his Canadian homeland and what they're doing to stave off deforestation.



  • Arts & Culture

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In the Green Room: The national wildlife refuge system

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, explores the national wildlife refuge system.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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In the Green Room: Noreen Clough talks about the wildlife refuge service

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and the cofounder of MNN, finds out about the importance of having a single national wildlife refuge se



  • Wilderness & Resources

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In the Green Room: Will Dailey on Farm-Aid and his music career

Video: Will Dailey talks about the importance of Farm-Aid, his music career, and how social media is helping him release his new album 'Torrent'.



  • Arts & Culture

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In the Green Room: Indigo Girls on eco-friendly touring habits

Video: Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and cofounder of MNN, sits down with the Indigo Girls to chat about the complexities of touring with bi



  • Arts & Culture

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How to identify a tree by its bark

In addition to studying leaves and flowers to recognize trees, you can also look at tree bark characteristics.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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The Ozark chestnut, thought to be long gone, is making a comeback

The Ozark chinquapin tree was believed to have been wiped out by blight, but it has slowly resurfaced.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Joshua trees face extinction by 2070 unless we address climate change

The quirky Joshua tree may be nearly gone in 50 years if we don't battle climate change.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day

To fight climate change and deforestation, Ethiopia is turning to trees in a big way.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Inspired by Bob Ross, Michigan is planting thousands of 'happy little trees'

Michigan state parks are teaming up with Bob Ross Inc. to plant lots of 'happy little trees.'



  • Wilderness & Resources

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One of these stunning trees will be crowned Britain's Tree of the Year

These storied specimens have been shortlisted for Britain's Tree of the Year contest.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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TVA finds arsenic in drinking water

Officials are warning people near the Tennessee coal ash spill to stop drinking well water after finding high levels of arsenic.




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When the muck is gone, is the problem gone too?

Local bloggers are filling an important niche in the coverage of the coal ash spill in Harriman, Tennessee.




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Environmentalist COAL-ition attacks Big Coal

Large coalition of environmental groups uses humor to fight misconceptions around 'clean' coal.



  • Research & Innovations

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Dynergy scraps plans for new coal plants

Sierra Club claims success after year-long 'Clean up Dynergy' campaign



  • Research & Innovations

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Eyewitnesses to coal ash spill distrust TVA

Residents of Harriman, TN share their experiences during and since the billion gallon coal ash spill.




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Updates on the TVA coal ash spill

How big of a problem is the nation's collective coal ash waste? How bad is it in Tennessee? What's going on in D.C.?




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Quick and fast FAQs

Some things are simple ... like these basic environmental questions.




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"Clean coal" gets billions in Senate economic stimulus plan

Coal country Sen. Robert Byrd is crowing about $4 billion he steered towards the false hype that is "clean coal" in the Senate version of the economic stimulus




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The fight to save Coal River Mountain

Massey Energy wants to rip down Coal River Mountain in West Virginia to get at the coal below. Local residents need your help.




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Monday link drop: Energy

Ex-gang members install solar and global warming happening faster than we though




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Climate change news o' the day

NASA loses a CO2 monitoring satellite, plans for new coal plants are being shelved, and the price of CO2 credits drops out on the European market.



  • Climate & Weather

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Get arrested for coal on Monday

On Monday thousands of Americans will march the streets of Washington, DC to protest against coal and the damage it causes our environment and society.




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The Coen Brothers tackle "clean coal"

The brothers behind 'The Big Lebowski' turn their filmmaking talents to the boondoggle that is "clean coal".




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Political Habitat: Hanging out the 'Now Hiring' sign

Recession? What recession? Step right up as the coal industry is loading up on lobbyists.




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Tennessee Valley Authority police arrest activist

Matt Jones was arrested by TVA police after driving home elderly residents from a community meeting discussing the coal ash spill.




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Ashley Judd chats about mountaintop removal mining

Ashely Judd, newly minted foe of mountaintop removal mining, will be chatting live about the evil practice in about an hour on Daily Kos.




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Coal is Filthy

What do the Easter Bunny, Clean Coal and Santa Claus have in common? None of them exist -- except in the minds of children and energy executives.




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U.S. Capitol Power Plant to stop burning coal

After nearly 100 years of burning coal to heat and cool Congress, the U.S. Capitol Power Plant will switch over to less harmful natural gas.




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Political Habitat: Coal comfort

Coal has made Duke Energy wealthy, yet the company's CEO admits it can be dangerous. Will he solve the problem?



  • Research & Innovations

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Live near coal ash? 1 in 50 chance of cancer.

The Bush Administration buried a report showing a highly elevated risk of cancer for those living near coal ash. Why do we burn coal again?




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Checking in on the TVA coal ash spill

Drinking water near last year's billion-gallon coal ash spill in Tennessee is choked with arsenic and lead, and TVA is shipping cleaned-up coal ash to poor comm




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Wisconsin carbon capture: success or false hope?

One blogger's perspective on the recent 'success' of Wisconsin's carbon capture pilot program.



  • Research & Innovations

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Obama tightens rules for mountaintop removal mining

The EPA announced a plan to tighten up rules governing the environmentally destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining.




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Darryl Hannah arrested protesting mountaintop removal mining

Movie star Darryl Hannah and NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen were arrested along with dozens of others after blocking access to a coal facility.