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...dangerous.”Vaillancourt’s 12 goals lead the team, and she is ranked fifth in the nation in overall scoring with 1.95 points per game.Vaillancourt’s goal would turn out to be the last score of the game. Neither team managed to build much offensive momentum in the last period and a half, and both goalies kept the puck out of the net for the remainder of the contest.While Kessler’s shutout was the story of the game, her counterpart Zilis also performed admirably despite allowing three goals and made things...
...Others saw in the devastation a blank slate on which Greensburg could build back better, by building back greener - energy-efficient homes and offices, powered by Kansas's abundant wind and biofuel resources. The heartland community could become a mecca for environmentalists, including green businesses that would bring jobs. "This is an amazing opportunity," says Daniel Wallach, an entrepreneur from a nearby town who formed the non-profit Greensburg GreenTown. "It could be a living laboratory to demonstrate to the rest of the country and the world what a town of the future could look like...
...Wallach and his allies began to shift local opinion by showing that going green wasn't just about climate change or saving the polar bears, it was about cutting waste and saving on rising fuel bills, building a stronger and more resilient town with a sustainable economy. Those arguments made sense even in one of the reddest states of the U.S. "Our old church sometimes cost up to $1,000 a month to heat," says George, who plans to build back his church to the highest green standards. "Now, I'm not a tree-hugger by any means...
...Today Greensburg is living up to its name. Consultants from the Department of Energy and the National Renewable energy Laboratory are helping residents build new houses that are up to 50% more energy efficient than their old homes. The Discovery Channel has spent months documenting the town's reconstruction for a miniseries on the Greensburg experience that will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. In early January, the city council approved a plan that would make all public buildings in Greensburg conform to the Platinum rating of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Design (LEED) standards - something...
...million Army Corps of Engineers flood-control project in the Mississippi Delta, laying the groundwork for the first EPA veto of an Army Corps project since 1990. And the project is arguably the most ecologically destructive Army Corps boondoggle on the books today, which is saying something. It would build the world's largest hydraulic pump to protect a sparsely populated area dominated by soybean fields from Yazoo River flooding, and it would drain or degrade enough wetlands to cover all five boroughs of New York City. Authorized by Congress 67 years ago, the so-called Yazoo Pump...