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Dumb and Duma
Residents in Kariwa, Japan, who live near the world’s largest nuclear plant, voted on Sunday to reject plans to fuel the plant with recycled plutonium, known as MOX. Turnout was high, at 85 percent, and though the referendum was not legally binding, such a vote is rare in Japan and puts the government’s pro-MOX strategy […]
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Sun City
A year ago, Los Angeles set out to become the “Solar Capital of the World,” announcing that 100,000 roofs in the city would be covered with solar panels by the end of the decade. The city said it would reimburse people for half the price of a new solar system, which can run from $10,000 […]
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The Engine of Progress?
One-third of all new cars sold in Europe are diesel-powered, and analysts think the number will rise to at least 40 percent by 2005. Diesel engines can use 30 percent less fuel than gasoline ones, and they emit far less carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. In the U.S., meanwhile, less than 1 percent of […]
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Benefit from Dick Cheney's motivational speeches!
Foreign leaders, whom the Bushies have occasionally punctured in the hopes of finding oil, continue to complain about the White House’s recently released energy plan like little babies. Vice President Cheney has bravely turned their nagging on its ear, pointing out that foreigners often marry dogs and then eat them. Welcome to Cheney’s America. “Conservation […]
