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...such power. Most of us will save for retirement, run our computers in energy-efficient mode and be organ donors if we have to take action to say no - but not if we have to take action to say yes. Almost nobody signed up for a German utility's clean-energy plan until it became the default, and then 94% stuck with it. We're also much likelier to go to the doctor for preventive care like flu shots if the appointment is made for us. In a speech last year, Orszag even suggested charging us for doctor's appointments...
When Bloomberg introduced PlaNYC in 2007, one goal stood out: New York would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 30% by 2030. Although the city is experimenting with clean-energy sources such as offshore wind turbines and solar panels, improving the energy efficiency of New York's buildings is essential. It won't be easy. Electricity use grew 23% over the past decade, twice as fast as the population, and much of the city's aging building stock leaks heat and energy like a sieve...
...Matty coming to the plate, we were feeling pretty good about that with the way he’s been playing,” Douglas said.But the Crimson pitching staff couldn’t hold up its end of the bargain. Freshman Conner Hulse pitched a relatively clean third frame, giving up just a run on two hits and striking out a pair of batters, but senior Adam Cole and sophomore Anthony Nutter combined to allow four runs in the fourth to give the Crusaders the lead back.Down 7-5 in the fifth, Harvard roared back on the strength...
...sweep of the Waxman-Markey bill, known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act, is massive. It includes provisions to require that a quarter of U.S. power production be based on renewable energy by the year 2025; investments to facilitate mounting those new energy sources onto the grid; incentives for green buildings, appliances and vehicles; and an ambitious schedule to reduce greenhouse gases 20% below 2005 levels by the year 2020. The goals are even more ambitious than those in Obama's plan, which calls for only a 14% reduction in the same period - and that may well...
Association of Swiss Mountain Cleaners The Swiss Tourism Board announced it was seeking volunteers to join the Association of Mountain Cleaners. It claimed, 'The Association of Mountain Cleaners... makes sure that our holiday guests can always enjoy perfect mountains. Using brooms, brushes, water and muscle power, they clean the rocks of any bird droppings." Visitors to myswitzerland.com were invited to take a Mountain cleaner aptitude test and submit their name for a chance to win a week's holiday in Switzerland. See YouTube video.)... [April Fools...