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Domo Aregato, Mr. Clean-Auto
Japanese automakers have reached a tentative agreement with the European Commission to voluntarily raise the fuel-efficiency and reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of cars sold in Europe. Europe’s own automakers voluntarily pledged last year to increase efficiency to about 48 miles per gallon. Attempts to reach a similar agreement with Korean car manufacturers have stalled […]
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Wetlands, the Quicker Picker-Upper?
Human-made marshes that filter water naturally are gaining in popularity as an alternative to high-tech water purifying systems, according to experts speaking at a National Marketplace for the Environment meeting in Anaheim, Calif. Partially treated wastewater and stormwater runoff are sent to constructed wetlands, where plants and microbes purify the water of silt and some […]
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Nuke Is a Nuke Is a Nuke
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, convinced that the nuclear industry is safer than ever, is eliminating its semiannual “watch list” of the nation’s most troubled nuclear power plants. In its place, the NRC will make a yearly announcement of plants needing “agency focus” and “regional focus.” Critics fear the decision will mean less oversight for the […]
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Gore Takes Bus to Swing Set
Vice Pres. Al Gore announced 47 modest federal initiatives aimed at promoting sustainability and smart growth yesterday. In a keynote address in Detroit at the National Town Hall Meeting on Sustainable America — which is being attended by 3,000 community, environmental, and business leaders — Gore called for the development of abandoned industrial sites and […]
