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Here are two things that nobody wants to see increase: your power bill and pollution. Boo! We're going to show you a small step you can take that can turn these arrows the other way. Yay! We're focused on your friendly household light bulb, the incan
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Young Navajos Leave Reservation Life Behind for Jobs DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our show we play new music by Sarah Jarosz And we answer a question about c
'Big Brutus,' World's Largest Electric Shovel, Turned Into Museum LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: You never know what roadside attraction you might find along America's byways. Our colleague Melissa Block is on a reporting road trip around the country,
By George Lewinski Washington 01 June 2007 On June 5th, 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall told the graduating class at Harvard University that Europe and the world were in a perilous state. World War II had devastated the continent and
AS IT IS 2014-04-14 African Countries Want to Add Nuclear Power Centers Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English! Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today, we report on plans to satisfy the growing need for electricity in Africa by
By Sean Maroney Washington 20 February 2007 watch Helicopters in Iraq report Inside US military helicopter In the face of ongoing violence, U.S. and Iraqi troops are stepping up the security crackdown in Baghdad and its surrounding suburbs. But as V
By Stefan Bos Budapest 23 November 2006 Poland says all 23 coal miners trapped after a gas explosion have died, making it the country's deadliest such accident in decades. The tragedy at the mine in Ruda Slaska, about 300 kilometers southwest of the
SAF New Fire-Building Method Reduces Air Pollution With their megaphones and orange uniforms, these fieldworkers do not go unnoticed. This is Fine Town, a township south of Johannesburg. Every day, the fieldworkers walk around the townships to show t
Obama Administration Proposes Plan to Cut Power Plant Pollution 奥巴马拟推更强法规限制电厂污染 The Obama administration is proposing stronger regulations to limit climate-changing emissions from U.S. power plants. The proposed pollutio
By Stephanie Ho Washington 03 January 2006 Authorities in the U.S. state of West Virginia are scrambling to rescue 13 coal miners who have been trapped 80 meters underground, after an explosion Monday
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Environmental Protection Agency gets a new leader next week. Andrew Wheeler will take over as acting administrator. Of course this is because Scott Pruitt resigned yesterday amid many allegations of ethical violations. We'll ge
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Drug addiction and the economy - according to a new poll, that is what is on the minds of rural voters as they go to the polls this election season. The poll was done by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard's T.H.
Islamic State insurgents has released a video purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley, who had gone missing in Syria nearly two years ago. The video, titled A Message To America, was posted on social media sites after the Uni
Six children are dead following a stampede at their primary school today in Yunnan's capital, Kunming. 22 others have been hospitalized. Two are said to be in serious condition. Local authorities have not explained what sparked the stampede at the pr
Australia is preparing to introduce technology that allows algae to capture half or more of the greenhouse gases emitted by a power station. The micro-algae thrive on carbon dioxide, producing food for livestock as well as biofuels and material for p
By Kurt Achin Kyoto 06 May 2007 Japan's Finance Minister Koji Omi makes an opening speech at the 40th annual meeting of ADB at Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, 06 May 2007 Japan is devoting a sizable sum of money to making Asia's use o
By Malini Bawa Washington, D.C. 05 January 2006 Mining Safety 12 U.S. coal miners were killed in an explosion this week. It's the nation's second worst coal mining disaster since 1984. But U.S. mines
By Teri Schultz Brussels 10 November 2007 Belgium has been called an artificial country, a conglomeration of three individual states that have no real affinity for each other: Dutch-speaking Flanders, French-speaking Wallonia and a small German-speak
Crowds protested in Soma over the coal explosion accident, right before Turkeys prime minister held a press conference to address the issue. Earlier our correspondent Michal Bardavid brought us the details from the ground.
Acid Water Yal: What are you doing outside, Don? It's about to rain. Don: I'm setting out bottles. Y: I can see that. But why? D: For my new business venture. Bottled rainwater! Y: As in living plastic bottles out in the rain and then selling them as