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...international exposure has been limited. But Felix Quinn, who opened Britain's first Kinkade gallery nearly two years ago, believes they are entirely justified. With nearly $1 million in turnover during his initial year in business, he more than doubled his financial target. A former door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman, Quinn discovered Kinkade's art during a 1998 visit to San Diego. He purchased a few pieces for his own collection and was soon hooked. "Once you have a piece and you make that commitment, you want another one," he explains. "Art is based on that." Quinn does...
...seems reasonable that it might value clean streets somewhat less than we do and be willing to take a little bit of grime for the right fee—a fee that could be immediately redirected into other, more pressing priorities, such as saving scores of lives through cleaner drinking water. No one would force Calcuttans to take the grime; they would choose to only because they feel the price is right. They get what they want, we get what we want; everybody wins, it seems...
...ideas are sent to die. More substantively, Vice President Cheney has been heading up an energy task force that is due to issue recommendations in May. Along with calling for increased oil exploration in Alaska and new oil and gas pipelines, the panel's recommendations may include research into cleaner ways to burn coal. Significantly, the team is also expected to suggest renewed construction of nuclear power plants, which put out no carbon but generate extremely radioactive waste...
While we're waiting for a national policy on global warming, there are plenty of steps households can take to fight the coming heat. Americans put out an average of 20,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year. Taking action would make us healthier (by making the atmosphere cleaner) and wealthier (by lowering bills for electricity, heating fuels and gas). Here are some suggestions from Environmental Defense and the World Wildlife Fund...
...global climate change. The current provisions of the Kyoto Protocol are a matter of legitimate debate. But the situation is becoming urgent, and it is time for consensus and action. There are many strategies for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions without slowing economic growth. In fact, the spread of advanced, cleaner technology is more of an economic opportunity than a peril. We urge you to develop a plant to reduce U.S. production of greenhouse gases. The future of our children--and their children--depends on the resolve that you and other world leaders show...