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Reprinted via EarthTalk®, From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine What is wind repowering and why are environmentalists so bullish on it? While wind power has been a staple in renewable energy from the beginning, many of the original and old wind turbines have begun to show signs of…

(By SWNS / Talker News) A rare World War II ‘pigeon parachute’ used to carry messages to the French resistance in Normandy ahead of D-Day has been found in a tattered old shoebox. It was discovered—along with other D-Day-related documents—in the loft of a woman named Mrs. Ellington, who recently passed…

A woman in the city of Wolverhampton, England, suddenly discovered a South American monkey in her greenhouse, and scrambled to figure out who to call. The animal charity Wings and Paws said they were contacted by a distressed woman who reported a “strange wild animal with a bushy tail” leaping about…

On average, people need to spend 67 minutes outside every day in order to feel refreshed, according to a new poll conducted for Mental Health Awareness Month in May. The survey of 2,000 adults in the U.S. revealed that over half of Americans (57%) say they are craving time spent outdoors…

565 years ago today, Jodhpur, the “Sun City,” the “Blue City,” was founded amid the stark lands of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India. In 1459, Rao Jodha Rathore succeeded in conquering the surrounding territory from the Delhi Sultanate and thus founded a kingdom that came to be known as Marwar….

To help reduce anxiety—and open the way for learning—several elementary schools in Michigan have enrolled service dogs as full-time happiness ambassadors—and it is paw-sitively working. Students are “already seeing a big difference in their academics,” according to a news report from WXMI-TV 17. Priority Health, a Michigan health insurance provider, launched…