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‘The Ed Show’ for Tuesday, May 19 - MSNBC
Live from the nation s capital, it s THE ED SHOW on MSNBC. President Obama gets a win on cars and climate change and brings together a diverse group of people to get it done, from a Republican governor to automobile CEOs. Credit card companies

Recycle those Hershey’s Kisses wrappers - Midwest Voices
If you enjoyed a Hershey’s Kisses chocolate candy lately, you’re not alone. The company makes 80 million Kisses a day, making it a popular candy. Now for the Earth Day-related question: Did you recycle the candy’s distinctive aluminum foil wrappers

S&S overcomes damage in latest race - Nevada Appeal
MERIDIAN, Idaho The Supermodified Racing Association continued its two-day stint at Meridian Speedway in Meridian, Idaho, Sunday with a 50-lap feature event to honor the memory of the late Bob and Tom Naylor, racers from the area. After S&S

Health Watch: Breathe easy in a healthier home - Times Reporter
It’s one thing to live in a well-kept home, but is it also a healthy place to live? While your home may look sparkling clean to the eye, there are a number of invisible factors that can seriously affect the health of your entire family. Up to 72

Pelosi Remarks Before Meeting With UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - AOL
Speaker Pelosi: Good morning. It’s a special occasion indeed to welcome the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Capitol of the United States once again. The Secretary-General is a visionary. He’s a man of peace, and he has been a leader in

Governor Granholm Announces Companies Investing Over $103 Million - All American Patriots
May 19, 2009 — LANSING - Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced Michigan’s aggressive strategy to diversify the economy and attract investment to Michigan has resulted in 16 job-creating projects, which will generate more than 3,900

Recycle those Hershey’s Kisses wrappers - Midwest Voices
If you enjoyed a Hershey’s Kisses chocolate candy lately, you’re not alone. The company makes 80 million Kisses a day, making it a popular candy. Now for the Earth Day-related question: Did you recycle the candy’s distinctive aluminum foil wrappers

MEDC Backs Companies Planning To Add 4,200 Jobs - WWJ Newsradio 950
State officials Tuesday announced state economic development backing for 16 job-creating projects that plan to generate more than 3,900 new jobs, retain another 360 and bring more than $103 million in new investment to communities across the state

CSX Transportation Delivers Clearer Roads, Cleaner Skies for Memorial - Earthtimes
“One train can carry the load of more than 280 trucks, freeing room for approximately 1,100 passenger cars,” said Tony L. Ingram , executive vice president and chief operating officer, CSXT. “As Americans hit the road this holiday weekend, the

‘The Ed Show’ for Tuesday, May 19 - MSNBC
Live from the nation s capital, it s THE ED SHOW on MSNBC. President Obama gets a win on cars and climate change and brings together a diverse group of people to get it done, from a Republican governor to automobile CEOs. Credit card companies

CA Officials Hail Obama’s New Emissions Plan - BayInsider
WASHINGTON — President Obama Tuesday announced a new national automobile fuel standards policy in an agreement likely to end automakers’ ongoing legal dispute with the state of California’s stricter emissions standards. The announcement was hailed

Pelosi Remarks Before Meeting With UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon - Earthtimes
Speaker Pelosi: Good morning. It’s a special occasion indeed to welcome the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Capitol of the United States once again. The Secretary-General is a visionary. He’s a man of peace, and he has been a leader in

Fowler requests amendment to bus contract - Daily News
Fowler Bus Co. applied for and received an Environmental Protection Agency grant that will help fund upgrades to each bus in the fleet. Guidelines for the 2009-2010 school year indicate diesel fuel and urea will be injected in the catalytic converter

Clearing the Air - New York Times
A. Air researchers talk about the Rule of 1,000: anything released indoors is about 1,000 times more likely to be breathed in than something released outdoors. It doesn t take a lot of something released indoors to cause exposure, said Dr

Ultimately, consumers make the decisions - Charleston Daily Mail
President Obama announced this week that he will speed up the timetable for automakers to meet higher fuel efficiency standards for the cars and trucks that they make. Congress had legislated that these standards hit 35.5 mpg by 2020. President Obama

MEDC Backs Companies Planning To Add 4,200 Jobs - WWJ Newsradio 950
State officials Tuesday announced state economic development backing for 16 job-creating projects that plan to generate more than 3,900 new jobs, retain another 360 and bring more than $103 million in new investment to communities across the state

CA Officials Hail Obama’s New Emissions Plan - BayInsider
WASHINGTON — President Obama Tuesday announced a new national automobile fuel standards policy in an agreement likely to end automakers’ ongoing legal dispute with the state of California’s stricter emissions standards. The announcement was hailed

Governor Granholm Announces Companies Investing Over $103 Million - All American Patriots
May 19, 2009 — LANSING - Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced Michigan’s aggressive strategy to diversify the economy and attract investment to Michigan has resulted in 16 job-creating projects, which will generate more than 3,900

CSX Transportation Delivers Clearer Roads, Cleaner Skies for Memorial - Earthtimes
“One train can carry the load of more than 280 trucks, freeing room for approximately 1,100 passenger cars,” said Tony L. Ingram , executive vice president and chief operating officer, CSXT. “As Americans hit the road this holiday weekend, the

Health Watch: Breathe easy in a healthier home - Observer-Dispatch
It’s one thing to live in a well-kept home, but is it also a healthy place to live? While your home may look sparkling clean to the eye, there are a number of invisible factors that can seriously affect the health of your entire family. Up to 72

Room to Grow : Rains make mowing difficult - Northwest Arkansas News
Rainfall thus far for May is 3.5 inches above normal. Due to frequent rainfall recently (more than 11 inches since April 1) keeping the grass mowed has proved challenging. Most homeowners who mow their own yards maintain busy lifestyles and yard

Secretary Chu, Govern Patrick announce $25 mil for MA Wind Technology - Cape Cod Today
The new center will test commercial-sized wind turbine blades to help reduce cost, improve technical advancements and speed deployment of the next generation of wind turbine blades into the marketplace. State Energy and Environmental Affairs

Fowler requests amendment to bus contract - Daily News
Fowler Bus Co. applied for and received an Environmental Protection Agency grant that will help fund upgrades to each bus in the fleet. Guidelines for the 2009-2010 school year indicate diesel fuel and urea will be injected in the catalytic converter

Wind technology testing center funded - United Press International
CHARLESTOWN, Mass., May 12 (UPI) — U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $25 million in funding for the Massachusetts Wind Technology Testing Center. Chu and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said the funding will create jobs and

Breathe Easy in a Healthier Home - Creston News Advertiser
(ARA) - It’s one thing to live in a well-kept home, but is it also a healthy place to live? While your home may look sparkling clean to the eye, there are a number of invisible factors that can seriously affect the health of your entire family, and

Make a softer paw print on environment - Coloradoan
Born and bred in central Illinois, I easily can gather a quick list of reasons the Front Range is a far superior place to live. The beauty of the mountains, the fresh air, cleaner water, friendlier people and a city that is animal and pet

Fort Worth sponsoring clean air contest - Pegasus News
The City of Fort Worth, Texas, along with Green Mountain Energy , is sponsoring a contest titled, We’re All About Clean Air . From the promo flier: “Tell us in 500 words or fewer what you or your family do to keep Fort Worth air cleaner. How do you

Clearing the Air - New York Times
A. Air researchers talk about the Rule of 1,000: anything released indoors is about 1,000 times more likely to be breathed in than something released outdoors. It doesn t take a lot of something released indoors to cause exposure, said Dr

To print this page, select “Print” from the File menu of your browser - Salon
All around the world, health authorities are bracing for mass casualties as the smallpox virus, which first appeared in Mexico in mid-April, continues its deadly march across countries and continents. What’s that? Not smallpox? Oh, sorry, I guess I

Rural Americans Bank on Wind Power - Voice of America
As Americans struggle with today’s economic hardships, some rural communities are looking to wind power as a way forward. In the central state of Oklahoma, known for its frequent tornadoes, wind is now seen as a positive force by scientists

Martin returns to Visalia Unified school board - Visalia Times-Delta
Trustee Donna Martin made her first post-surgery appearance at Tuesday night’s board of trustee’s meeting. Martin has been at home recovering since undergoing open-heart surgery at a Tennessee hospital in late January. Martin joined the six other

Jim Shea: In A Jiffy, My Oil Change Turns Into A Horror Show - Hartford Courant
I am sitting in the waiting room of the oil-change place. A television is blaring; a guy is thumbing through a tattered magazine; a woman is reading a book. I pass the time by peeking through a window into the garage area to see what they are doing

Coquitlam council can’t trust feds on pesticides remember DDT? - Abbotsford News
(The Tri-City News, May 6). Municipal democracy suffered a blow at Monday s Coquitlam council meeting when Coun. Selina Robinson s motion to hold a public meeting on the issue of banning cosmetic pesticides in Coquitlam was defeated. It was a tie

2009 Chevy Silverado, little brother has a six-speed. towing a Logan - San Francisco Examiner
Enjoyed the 6-speed auto with the GM 6.0L and 6.2L gas engines, now it’s an option with the 5.3L in the Power Pack Plus package. Crew cab short beds are the most popular truck configurations sold. Someday trailer manufactures will catch on and build

To print this page, select “Print” from the File menu of your browser - Salon
All around the world, health authorities are bracing for mass casualties as the smallpox virus, which first appeared in Mexico in mid-April, continues its deadly march across countries and continents. What’s that? Not smallpox? Oh, sorry, I guess I

Jim Shea: In A Jiffy, My Oil Change Turns Into A Horror Show - Hartford Courant
I am sitting in the waiting room of the oil-change place. A television is blaring; a guy is thumbing through a tattered magazine; a woman is reading a book. I pass the time by peeking through a window into the garage area to see what they are doing

Martin returns to Visalia Unified school board - Visalia Times-Delta
Trustee Donna Martin made her first post-surgery appearance at Tuesday night’s board of trustee’s meeting. Martin has been at home recovering since undergoing open-heart surgery at a Tennessee hospital in late January. Martin joined the six other

Love your planet - The Citizen Online
The hot topic of the 1984 McKay Elementary School Science Fair, at least in the mind of a charming, fourth grade boy with the initials M.B., was acid rain. He had read about this in an issue of National Geographic, which came to his home faithfully

Stop Going in Circles and Take the Green Road - UCSD Guardian
Though you may have been wowed by the eucalyptus groves and weird art during your first starry-eyed trek across UCSD, dealing with a regular student s routine has probably brought two things to your attention: 1) our parking sucks and 2) getting

Air Quality Awareness Week - WSAV-TV
This week marks the beginning of the ozone season for many areas in the United States, and there are things you can do to make the air cleaner. The Environmental Protection Agency and state and local governments work constantly to make the air

Hopeless blend of hot air and hubris - The Australian
THE ancient Greeks invented the idea of hubris, of human beings having overweening pride and self-esteem that needed to be punished for its excess. There are perhaps those who believe that what is commonly called climate change is a punishment for

In My View: Climate emergency is overstated - State Journal-Register
Al Gore should be ashamed that he equated cap-and-trade legislation with civil rights legislation. Civil rights legislation was used to give equal rights to those who had been oppressed and abused and to allow them economic freedom and democracy. Cap

Crying Wolf on Universal Healthcare and Labor Rights - Common Dreams
Universal health care and the reform of outdated labor laws are shaping up to be the two great policy battles of the year, if not the century. Business interests are dusting off decades of campaign rhetoric warning about the doomsday scenarios if

2009 Chevy Silverado, little brother has a six-speed. towing a Logan - San Francisco Examiner
Enjoyed the 6-speed auto with the GM 6.0L and 6.2L gas engines, now it’s an option with the 5.3L in the Power Pack Plus package. Crew cab short beds are the most popular truck configurations sold. Someday trailer manufactures will catch on and build

Martin returns to Visalia Unified school board - Visalia Times-Delta
Trustee Donna Martin made her first post-surgery appearance at Tuesday night’s board of trustee’s meeting. Martin has been at home recovering since undergoing open-heart surgery at a Tennessee hospital in late January. Martin joined the six other

Stop Going in Circles and Take the Green Road - UCSD Guardian
Though you may have been wowed by the eucalyptus groves and weird art during your first starry-eyed trek across UCSD, dealing with a regular student s routine has probably brought two things to your attention: 1) our parking sucks and 2) getting

Excess of everything - Midwest Voices
My recent posts . Has anyone asked what happens if we are “successful” with our efforts to combat Global Warming? Or have we already assumed we will fail and the best we can do is only slow it down? Here’s the scenario: years from now (hundreds or