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The high cost of tailpipe emissions
It isn't hard to recognize an example of false economy in the average household budget. The vegetable gardener who spends $500 on supplies to produce $12 in produce, the inexpensive home repair that falls apart in a month or the avid shopper who saves...Tags: Gasoline Industry, Environmental Politics, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Barack Obama
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New U.S. rules seek cleaner gasoline
The Obama administration is expected to propose new rules today that would slash the amount of sulfur in gasoline, one of the most significant steps the administration can take this term toward cutting air pollution, people with knowledge of the...
Tags: American Petroleum, Gasoline Industry, Energy Resources, Baltimore County, Environmental Politics
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Energy security and American jobs
President Barack Obama has a big decision to make about this nation's economic future. The call is an easy one, and it's long overdue. The president should approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would link the rich oil sands in the Canadian province...Tags: Energy Resources, Citigroup Incorporated, U.S. Senate, Labor Markets, Conservation
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Spotlight on economics: Global food security in 2050
The book, “Who Will Feed China?: Wake-up Call for a Small Planet,” authored by Lester Brown in 1995, was a surprising wake-up call about world food security. Brown claimed that food production was not growing fast enough to feed China's increasing...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Population and Census, Africa, Conservation, Science and Technology
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Obama to announce picks to head Energy Department, EPA
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is expected Monday to name Massachusetts Institute of Technology nuclear physicist Ernest J. Moniz to lead the Energy Department, and the Environmental Protection Agency's clean-air chief, Gina McCarthy, to run that agency,...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Energy Resources, Environmental Politics, Science, Conservation
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Boehner: No reason to block Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new State Department report is the latest evidence that the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada should be approved, supporters say. The draft report, issued Friday, finds there would be no significant...
Tags: Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Conservation, Barack Obama, Washington, DC
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State Dept.: Minimal environmental impact from Keystone pipeline
WASHINGTON – The State Department issued a long-awaited environmental review of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline that concludes it would have a minimal impact on the environment, increasing the chances that the project might be approved in...Tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Groundhog Day, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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New study finds global warming is not hurting plant growth
A study by the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change - The State of Earth's Terrestrial Biosphere: How is it Responding to Rising Atmospheric CO2 and Warmer Temperatures? - refutes claims by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel...Tags: Productivity, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, United Nations, Science and Technology
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NFU urges Congress to include ag in climate change solution
WASHINGTON - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson submitted comments on Feb. 20 to the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change, addressing how the federal government can effectively address climate change. “The past year has seen...Tags: Environmental Issues, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ecosystems, Politics, Conservation
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California farmers team up to convert beets to ethanol
FIVE POINTS, Calif. (AP) — Amid the vast almond orchards and grape fields that surround Five Points in California's Central Valley, a once-dominant crop that has nearly disappeared from the state's farms is making a comeback: sugar beets. But...
Tags: Biofuels, Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, Plant Openings, Beets
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The Sunday Conversation: Shepard Smith
Shepard Smith, longtime host of the nightly "Fox Report," is Fox News Channel's No. 1 anchor. That's thanks in part to his mix of folksy accessibility and anchor-worthy gravitas, which have earned him a perch at Politico.com, where his news clips are...Tags: The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Rome (Italy), Religion and Belief, The Huffington Post
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Condo forum ranges from budgets to weather
Community association residents and boards have a lot on their minds these days. They have questions about borrowing money, global warming, meeting minutes and more. A panel of industry pros addressed these concerns at a recent homeowner forum sponsored...Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Change
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