By Stephanie Miceli — 11/16/09
At the Vancouver Olympics, athletes will be going for the gold… and cola.
Coca-Cola Canada says it will introduce its recyclable plantbottle at the Winter Games.
Category: International
Japan Hopes to Go Clean and Green
By Christina Clements — 11/09/09
Ready, set, energy! Japan hopes to have infinite clean enery by 2030. Japan has few natural energy sources. But it is using solar and renewable energies to make the initiative happen.
Sustainable Chocolate to Debut in Europe
By Justine Frostad — 11/02/09
Chocolate is going green. Kraft Foods is using sustainable cocoa farming for its premium dark chocolate production. The company will employ only farms approved by the conservation organization, Rainforest Alliance.
Sahara Desert Provides Solar Power to Europe
By Andres Acosta — 11/02/09
Europe will soon be receiving solar power from the Sahara Desert. The project known as the Desertec Industrial Initiative plans to place thousands of solar panels in Africa. The panels will generate heat to power turbines.
International Day of Climate Action
By Brett Connolly — 10/24/09
It seems as if the entire world has its eyes on the environment. And it all has to do with the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference. To get ready for the conference, environmental activists from 350.org organized a world-wide “Under Water Festival.”
WEBN at the G-20
Watch our special program produced from Pittsburgh: WEBN at the G-20 Summit.
Continue readingKenyan Prime Minister Calls on Africans to Make Democracy Work
By Mumbi-Michelle Kimani — 9/24/09
Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga believes Africa’s problems can be resolved through the continent’s people and their hard work. He spoke Thursday night to an audience at the John F. Kennedy School of Politics at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA about his vision of Making Democracy Work in Africa.
Obama closes G-20 Summit with economic optimism
By Kailani Koenig-Muenster — 09/25/09 Friday evening President Barack Obama closed out the G20 conference by announcing growth in the world’s financial sectors. In a briefing at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Obama outlined the decisions coming out of the summit discussions and the progress the group has already made.
Continue readingP.M Brown says recession not over, countries need to work together
By Laura Imkamp — 09/25/09 U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants the world’s leaders to start working as one. In a press briefing just minutes before the start of the last session of the G20 gathering in Pittsburgh, Brown said the most important thing that needs to come out of this conference is political leadership on a global level.
Continue readingWorkers clean up after G20 protesters smash windows
By Laura Imkamp — 09/25/09 Two local workers board up the windows to a Boston Market restaurant in Pittsburgh after G20 protesters smashed through almost all of their windows. Click for video.
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