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A sensible bill for California development – pass it now
California has a chance to pass an exciting new law that gives its metropolitan regions the opportunity and responsibility for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through sensible land use planning. This is long overdue – anyone can see the chaos on our...
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What a joke: auto-dependent corporate HQ in sprawl claims to be “carbon neutral”
According to a story in the New York Times:“METTAWA, Ill. — HSBC, the giant London-based bank, has moved its North American headquarters to a sprawling facility that it bills as carbon neutral in this hamlet about 30 miles north of...
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Unpatriotic Lies About Energy Solutions
I'm sick of it.There's a new campaign with a bumper sticker slogan that's attracting a lot of attention because it offers easy solutions to our oil-addiction woes. You may have seen it: Drill here, drill now, pay less. Sheer deception....
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Some Gas Price Pain Relivers for Drivers and One for the Presidential Candidates
Are you hitting the road for the long weekend? I am. Henry James wrote that the two most beautiful words in the English language are “summer afternoon.” For me, the ideal summer afternoon means walking with my husband and daughters...
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When Shops Keep Doors Agape, Think of Cold Air at $140 a Barrel
Greedy shop owners are, sadly, not the only ones who both needlessly and thoughtlessly waste energy by keeping the doors to their air-conditioned shops open. A few Saturdays ago, I had to fly to Atlanta. Because of construction at La Guardia,...
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