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Norway’s State-of-the-Art Energy Technology

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Deforestation, coal mining, and carbon dioxide emissions (the primary greenhouse gas emissions from human activities) cause devastating environmental damage. Runaway human population growth doesn’t help. Norway has taken proactive measures to counteract these problems with such operations as wind turbines, a hydrogen hybrid project, and osmotic power plants capable of producing hydrogen fuel generally emission-free. The vast […]

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Single Parenting in the 21st Century

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When my son Rylee fell off a bunk bed, cracked his skull, and ended up in an emergency room, every fear in my life crystallized in a horrifying flash of uncertainty. I started to think back to a few days before when I had become frustrated and scolded him, and I became frightened that it

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Urban Gardening Is Growing in Colorado Springs

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Food can be dangerous. Pesticide usage is an all-too-common practice on many farms. Likewise, genetically modified foods infest grocery store shelves throughout the country. It’s easy to see, then, why so many people have taken up the responsibility of growing their own produce. Food costs have increases substantially, and a glut of store-bought produce has

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Women’s Bean Project: Smart Assistance for Those in Need

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In the 1980s, Jossy Eyre volunteered at a Denver homeless shelter. She began to realize that although that the shelter provided many essential needs, people needed a different type of support to change their lives permanently. In 1989, Eyre bought 500 dollars’ worth of beans and employed two homeless women to sell the beans, thus

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