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Clean water: scarcity and abundance

A Christian Science perspective: On World Water Day, some spiritual insights on the supply of a basic human need: clean water.
After Ike, to rebuild or not?

Coastal Texas now faces the classic question asked in the wake of other natural disasters.
Scientists: Vanishing wetlands could release "carbon bomb"

Draining marshes and other wetlands could hasten climate change, a group of experts meeting in Brazil this week warned.

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Difference Maker Dave Valle plays on a new field: microloans that help to end poverty

As a pro baseball player in the Dominican Republic Dave Valle saw poverty up close. Now his microloans are helping to end it.
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What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change...

Dave Valle started Esperanza International in 1995. Since then, Esperanza has given $38 million in microloans to support small businesses.

Dave Valle plays on a new field: microloans that help to end poverty

As a pro baseball player in the Dominican Republic Dave Valle saw poverty up close. Now his microloans are helping to end it.