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...about their subject even before they set to work. Historically, everyone from chemists to homemakers has tried to figure out just what dust is made of, and the Arizona researchers drew their preliminary data mostly from two studies of household dust conducted in the Netherlands and the U.S. The American survey in particular was a big one, covering six Midwestern states. Layton and Beamer also included a localized study in Sacramento, Calif., that focused particularly on lead contamination. What all those surveys showed was decidedly unappetizing...
Problem solved, right? The trouble is that as controversial as cap-and-trade legislation has become, EPA regulation is an even bigger political minefield. Republicans are universally against it, claiming that clumsy top-down CO2 regulation will kill American jobs by strangling power plants and other industry. Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, introduced a bill late last year that would explicitly prevent the EPA from regulating carbon, and she already has 40 co-sponsors. Many Democrats also have their doubts - eight Democratic Senators from coal-heavy states sent a letter on Sunday, Feb. 21, to EPA administrator Lisa...
...shouldn't bet on an easy run in Libya. In fact, American firms are late to the scramble for the country's riches. If they look out their hotel windows, they will see crews from Korean, Turkish and Italian companies building luxury seaside towers, including an Intercontinental Hotel; a Starwood Four Points and a Marriott hotel are scheduled to open next year. U.S. businesses are not expected to seal any deals this week; with few contacts, they are focusing on just breaking the ice with Libyans. "This is a get-to-know-Libya trip," says Gene Cretz, the first...
Libya has been shut off from the U.S. for decades - starting in 1981, when President Ronald Reagan banned Americans from traveling to the country because of Libya's support for terrorist organizations, and then through subsequent U.S. sanctions. But on Saturday, Feb. 20, 25 American executives arrived in Libya to see if they can do business. U.S. Commerce Department officials set up two large cardboard signs decorated with the American flag in the lobby of Tripoli's swank Corinthia Hotel. Little U.S. and Libyan flags intertwined in a display on a welcome desk, alongside brochures explaining to Libyans what each...
...American business delegates arrived just as most Europeans were banned from visiting. On Feb. 16, Gaddafi canceled all Libyan visas for citizens of the 25 Shengen countries in Europe, which share common immigration procedures. The decree was the latest round in a long and personal disagreement with Switzerland, which began in July 2008, when Swiss police arrested Gaddafi's son Hannibal and his wife for allegedly assaulting two of their servants in Geneva. Libyan and European officials are working frantically to resolve the conflict, but the European visa ban meant the U.S. execs arrived to a nearly empty hotel. (Among...