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VOA Special English stories related to the environment include:

Green Transportation Festival

Sharks: A Bad Image, but Oceans Value Them

Earth Day: 2003

Seven Win Goldman Environmental Prize

Study Measures Enviromental Effects of Human Activity

Here are stories related to the environment:

Environmental Health

Better Gas Mileage

Hybrid Cars

Wind Energy

Second Hand Smoke

Here are California Distance Learning Project stories related to the environment and Earh Day:

 Burning Wood Bad for the Air

California Toxic Spill

County Starts Using Electric Buses

Hurricanes Could be Cause by Warm Weather

Californians Want to Fight Global Warming

Polluting Cars

Pollution Fight

Save the Forest

 Jaime Escalante died on March 30, 2010. He was an educator who made a difference, inspiring his students and those who heard about him. Read stories and see videos at the Futures Channel.

 Here's a matching exercise on asking a bank employee about information. Click on the attachment. 

Oxford University Press has online activities for their texts. Here's the Step Forward site's page.

The California Distance Learning Project has stories about jobs and work.

www.manythings.org is a great site with lots of activities especially for beginners and advanced beginners.

The California Distance Learning Project has stories with activities, sound, and some video on critical areas of adult life, including work.

Voice of America Special English provides news, culture, and history stories read slowly with accompanying text.