June 2008


General29 Jun 2008 05:30 pm

To the victors goes the Senate Resolution - Spokane Spokesman-Review
“WHEREAS, in the fourth quarter as the Falcons were trailing, guard Lauren Short turned the tide of the game with three steals in the span of two minutes, resulting in 5 Prairie points,” a Senate bill reader intoned Monday, “And WHEREAS Forward

Ford, Dodge and GMC: Diesel Pickup Truck Tow Test (with Video) - Popular Mechanics
For this test, we loaded 6400-pound John Deere excavators on Zieman trailers. Total weight: 9120 pounds, including about 1100 pounds on the trailer s tongue. If there s a massive load that needs to be moved in this country, few vehicles can

Healing Our World Commentary: We Are on Our Own But There is Help - Environment News Service
There are few signs that these trends will end any time soon, so we must protect ourselves and help each other. Fortunately, a number of techniques exist that can help many sufferers of environmental illnesses - and the rest of us as well. As anyone

It’s summer, & North Pole is melting. - Gather.com
Last winter, whenever I posted a climate change rant, I usually got a response or two saying “I am freezing my*** off up here in Minnesota, send some of that global warming my way.” For a bit of summer perspective, it is now June. Here in Virginia

EnCana is reducing its engine emissions - Glenwood Springs Post Independent
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. Research by an EnCana engineer is making Garfield County’s air cleaner and his former teacher proud. Dennis Schmitt first led EnCana’s efforts to use fuel and oil additives that have increased the efficiency and reduced

Smoked out in North Coast - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Sonoma County’s smoky air continued to cast a miasmic pall over summer activities Wednesday, keeping people away from running trails, dog parks and Santa Rosa’s usually packed Downtown Market. “I’m really feeling the smoke,” said Erica Peringer

Ionic technology hitting consumers from head to toe - Eagle-Tribune
LOS ANGELES Whether you’re cruising through a drug store or surfing TV channels, you can’t help but notice claims about ions. There are ionic hair dryers. Ionic air purifiers. Ionic foot pads. Even ionic clothes hangers. It sure sounds impressive

Mo. agency seeks to join ozone rule lawsuit - MSN MoneyCentral
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources wants to join a Mississippi lawsuit that seeks to overturn a new Environmental Protection Agency rule that reduces the acceptable amount of air pollution. In March, the EPA issued

AAA warns against hypermiling’ - ksl.com
i’ve noticed a HUGE increase of idiots who drive 55 mph on i-15. and many don’t even bother to remain in the slow lane. just yesterday i encountered three vehicles driving side by side blocking traffic by going 55 mph near south mountain. i hope the

Ionic air purifiers’ dirty little secret: They don’t get rid of dust - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
The product: Dust, cigarette smoke, pollen and pet dander: With so many irritants floating around our homes and work places, clean air is a hot commodity. Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars on furnace filters and air cleaners each year

General23 Jun 2008 11:30 pm

Ionic air purifiers’ dirty little secret: They don’t get rid of dust - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
The product: Dust, cigarette smoke, pollen and pet dander: With so many irritants floating around our homes and work places, clean air is a hot commodity. Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars on furnace filters and air cleaners each year

Washington DC Examiners - San Francisco Examiner
The Hurricane, TCM, Sunday, June 22, 10:30 p.m. (EST) The Hurricane (1937) is the Citizen Kane of disaster movies. The main reason this is such a great film can be summed up in four words: directed by John Fenty sets emergency

Leading the way to cleaner air - AZCentral.com
In the case of air pollution, the small thing may be a very small car. This is what defines the movement known as sustainability. Modern society pumps millions of tons of carbon emissions into the sky, and the problem of cleaning up the whole

Harley-Davidson Goes Raw to Give Younger Generation Freedom to - BlackNews.com
Milwaukee, WI (BlackNews.com) - There’s a time in everyone’s life when necessity trumps extravagance. One look at Harley-Davidson’s collection of chopped-up, stripped-down and purposely unpolished bikes and you suddenly realize what that bumps-and

Healing Our World Commentary: We Are on Our Own But There is Help - Environment News Service
There are few signs that these trends will end any time soon, so we must protect ourselves and help each other. Fortunately, a number of techniques exist that can help many sufferers of environmental illnesses - and the rest of us as well. As anyone

Ionic technology hitting consumers from head to toe - Eagle-Tribune
LOS ANGELES Whether you’re cruising through a drug store or surfing TV channels, you can’t help but notice claims about ions. There are ionic hair dryers. Ionic air purifiers. Ionic foot pads. Even ionic clothes hangers. It sure sounds impressive

General17 Jun 2008 02:30 pm

Some of the quotes from this speech include: - Huffingtonpost.com
“I would like somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I’m not as expert on. I think a lot of people assume that might be some sort of military thing to make me look more Commander-in-Chief-like. Ironically, this is an area–foreign policy is

General14 Jun 2008 06:30 pm

Ford, Dodge and GMC: Diesel Pickup Truck Tow Test (with Video) - Popular Mechanics
For this test, we loaded 6400-pound John Deere excavators on Zieman trailers. Total weight: 9120 pounds, including about 1100 pounds on the trailer s tongue. If there s a massive load that needs to be moved in this country, few vehicles can

Ride of Hope squad battered, bruised, but still has eyes on the prize - Edmonton Journal
JASPER - My brother, Jim, and I wondered who it was when a man carrying a bike climbed out of a van on the opposite side of the road 32 kilometres from this Rocky Mountain resort. “It’s Joel Christianson,” said Jim, 62, who had no plans to cycle 1

Ionic technology hitting consumers from head to toe - Eagle-Tribune
LOS ANGELES Whether you’re cruising through a drug store or surfing TV channels, you can’t help but notice claims about ions. There are ionic hair dryers. Ionic air purifiers. Ionic foot pads. Even ionic clothes hangers. It sure sounds impressive

Environmental superhero: Snohomish County employee spreads green know - Everett Herald
Before long, Deanna Carveth will have to be fitted with a cape. It would be one woven using renewable materials, of course. “I’ve packaged a lot of household hazardous waste, rendering people’s garages safer from the toxic goo that lived within

Oncor Smart Texas MEC comes to Sweetwater - Sweetwater Reporter
Oncor brought its Smart Texas energy consumer education program to the Nolan County Plaza Shopping Center on Thursday. The company is currently touring the state with a 1,000-square foot Mobile Experience Center equipped with innovative kiosks, touch

Letter: Where are the bicycle routes? - Appeal-Democrat
During the last week of May, I decided to ride my bike to visit my brother about three miles away here in Yuba City. I figured that I am saving on gas, which is soaring every day, contributing to make our air cleaner, and actually doing some exercise

Some of the quotes from this speech include: - Huffingtonpost.com
“I would like somebody who knows about a bunch of stuff that I’m not as expert on. I think a lot of people assume that might be some sort of military thing to make me look more Commander-in-Chief-like. Ironically, this is an area–foreign policy is

30 mins ago (The Washington Examiner) - San Francisco Examiner
Fenty touts success of school reforms; administration s critics unconvinced One year after Mayor Adrian Fenty placed his ambitious plans to rescue D.C. s schools from decades of neglect and dysfunction in the hands of a novice school leader

Healing Our World Commentary: We Are on Our Own But There is Help - Environment News Service
There are few signs that these trends will end any time soon, so we must protect ourselves and help each other. Fortunately, a number of techniques exist that can help many sufferers of environmental illnesses - and the rest of us as well. As anyone

Future Train - Jan. 2006 Cover Story - Popular Mechanics
Photography by Kevin Cooley IMAGINE A MACHINE OF THE FUTURE that moves goods by the ton–by tens of thousands of tons–along specialized transportation corridors. Guided by computers, tracked by GPS and driven by powerful new engines, this

General08 Jun 2008 04:30 am

Ionic technology hitting consumers from head to toe - Eagle-Tribune
LOS ANGELES Whether you’re cruising through a drug store or surfing TV channels, you can’t help but notice claims about ions. There are ionic hair dryers. Ionic air purifiers. Ionic foot pads. Even ionic clothes hangers. It sure sounds impressive

Code Orange day bad for some people - News 14
With the summer-time temperatures we’re seeing across N.C., there’s a Code Orange ozone advisory out for parts of the state. The pollution can cause breathing problems. WINSTON-SALEM — Bobbie Craven is the receptionist at Forsyth County’s Department

General04 Jun 2008 11:30 am

Gazette Opinion: Breathing cleaner Yellowstone valley air - Billings Gazette
Cleaner air, thriving businesses. What a great combination for people who live and work in the Billings-Laurel area. The annual report on sulfur dioxide pollution in the Yellowstone Valley shows that the amount emitted by industry in 2007 dropped to

Future Train - Jan. 2006 Cover Story - Popular Mechanics
Photography by Kevin Cooley IMAGINE A MACHINE OF THE FUTURE that moves goods by the ton–by tens of thousands of tons–along specialized transportation corridors. Guided by computers, tracked by GPS and driven by powerful new engines, this

Ionic technology hitting consumers from head to toe - Eagle-Tribune
LOS ANGELES Whether you’re cruising through a drug store or surfing TV channels, you can’t help but notice claims about ions. There are ionic hair dryers. Ionic air purifiers. Ionic foot pads. Even ionic clothes hangers. It sure sounds impressive

Healing Our World Commentary: We Are on Our Own But There is Help - Environment News Service
There are few signs that these trends will end any time soon, so we must protect ourselves and help each other. Fortunately, a number of techniques exist that can help many sufferers of environmental illnesses - and the rest of us as well. As anyone