The Trees Crusader Who Became a Political Icon
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In the second part of a special report on Kenya&#39;s first Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, religious writer Joseph Ngala recounts her environmental crusade through the Green Belt Movement and how a tree-planting campaign turned into a bitter
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A playground is to be shipped from County Durham to Africa in a project to improve life in a cluster of villages.   Tree Appeal is a company based at High Etherley, near Bishop Auckland, which helps firms plant trees as part of their environmental policies.
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By Minderjeet Kaur; Heidi Foo;   Mazlinda Mahmood; Sean Augustin; David  CALLING Wong Ee Lynn a "tree hugger" is an understatement. And she sees it as a compliment.   For her, preserving the environment is more than cutting down fewer trees or recycling garbage.
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Brian Stuhlman finds himself in the heart of one of the world's political hot spots.
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks; Journal Staff Writer  COVENTRY- For Dan Howard, 16, it was the lush tropical trees in the Costa Rican rain forest that beckoned.
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By JESSICA WEHRMAN COMMENTARY  A moderate Republican with a strong pro-business voting record, Rep. David Hobson has never been confused for a hippie-dippie tree- hugger, though environmentalists would certainly say he's been on their side on a few key issues.
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By Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Dec. 17--By Maureen Houston Two sweet gum trees towering over Elna Rosenberger's yellow frame home in Cahokia came from southeastern Kentucky as saplings. So did the tulip poplar in back.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. - Donald Stephens spent more than half a century at the helm of this Chicago suburb. Now, less than two months after his death, some say an eerie likeness of the late mayor's face has appeared in the peeling bark of a 50-foot sycamore.
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If politicians were like sports figures who were given colorful and fitting nicknames, perhaps Sen. James Webb would be known as Hollywood James Webb, or maybe Hemingway James Webb.
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Among rare-fruit devotees, Mr. Whitman was hailed as the only person to have coaxed a mangosteen tree into bearing fruit outdoors in the continental United States.
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The man nominated to lead the state's flagship university is an oilman, not an academic. In a sea of Ph.Ds, he has only a bachelor's degree. But he does offer this: A reputation as a formidable fundraiser.
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A comic book hero mounts a comeback in the footsteps of many others.
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WHEN Wangari Maathai got word she had won the Nobel Peace Prize, she was busy with the work that earned her the prestigious award - campaigning to protect Kenya&#39;s forests and distributing food to hungry constituents suffering from drought.
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These days, pop stars, chief executives and politicians vaunt how they offset carbon emissions by planting trees or investing in renewable energy projects.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Nearly every political milestone in Bangladesh has its roots in the stately, tree-lined campus of the University of Dhaka, where student-led protests have repeatedly given rise to sweeping changes in government. So it came as little surprise to many students last month when the...
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for leading a campaign to plant tens of millions of trees across Africa to slow deforestation.
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VILLAGERS campaigning to save the trees in thei