A drone image shows Yongxi Reservoir — an improved water resource — in Quanzhou, Fujian province. The city has invested 4.7 billion yuan to boost tap water supply for rural areas, said the Quanzhou ...

Like many large nonprofits, the organization has a sizable endowment that it uses to help fund its work. And two years ago, it started using some of that money to invest directly in startups. “It made ...

NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is honored to receive a historic $25 million grant from the John & Carol Walter Family Foundation, the largest ...

SUTTONS BAY, Mich. – An abandoned Northern Michigan ski resort is set to become a public outdoor destination after a conservancy finalized its purchase of the property. The Leelanau Conservancy ...

The Catalina Island Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting both the natural beauty and ecological health of Catalina Island. It also holds the designation of ...

Up 227 dimly lit, winding steps, the view from the top of the fully restored Washington Monument offers a picturesque scene of Baltimore and the four surrounding squares in Mount Vernon below. After ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - As we continue our Earth Day coverage, we explore a little known part of Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. CBS2's Jessica Moore takes us to the lush urban oasis known as the Gowanus ...

Flying into Windhoek, the capital of the southern African nation of Namibia, is like landing in a nature reserve. Located high on a central plateau, with the Auas Mountains serving as a backdrop, it ...