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...landmark deal to reduce energy consumption, promote renewable power and cut carbon emissions. Hammered out at a regional summit in Milwaukee, the pact calls for a 2% reduction in energy use by 2015, with a 2% cut every year after that; an increase in the availability of a cleaner ethanol-gasoline mix known as E85; and 10% of the region's electricity to come from renewable sources by 2015, with an increase to 30% by 2030. The plan also calls for reductions in greenhouse gases - though no firm targets - and the establishment of a regional cap-and-trade system...
...TROUBLE Despite its crackdown on vehicle emissions, the Golden State's path to cleaner air is still clogged. In 2005, California passed legislation requiring automakers to cut emissions 30% by 2016, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has yet to exempt the state from the agency's less stringent regulations. Now California is taking the EPA to court, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will "sue and sue again" until the state comes...
...publicized to the undergrads.” But others said they’re pleased with the MAC’s re-opening. “I don’t know how much we actually see, but it’s definitely cleaner,” said Patrick J. Ziemnik ’08, Kirkland resident and a Harvard wrestler who practices at the MAC. “One thing they did change is the bathrooms, which are a lot nicer.” The location can’t be beat, Ziemnik said...
...less palpable than fear of terrorism today - but it's a failing. Climate change is the most important issue facing the world today and tomorrow, not just because of the risks of rising seas or worsening droughts, but because the economic revolution that comes with the inevitable shift to cleaner energy will decide the winners and losers of the 21st century. It's something we should be hearing about more often on the campaign trail...
...play in “Urinetown?”PS: I play Officer Lockstock, the narrator and law enforcer.RR: Any good pee stories?PS: I had to go to the bathroom so bad yesterday that I had to use the women’s bathroom.RR: Was it cleaner?PS: It was definitely cleaner. They treat women so much better.RR: Did you put the seat down?PS: I put the seat up because I was taking a piss.RR: But did you put it down afterwards?PS: Oh. No. Also, really awkward, because there was like a girl right next...