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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...autos are 90% cleaner than they were three decades ago, but they still account for over a third of urban-area ozone. More than 125 million Americans breathe unhealthy air, and an estimated 15,000 die from it each year--a fact that led the Clinton Administration to tighten clean-air standards last summer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: IS THIS CLEAN MACHINE FOR REAL? | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...commerce-minded don't want government regulation of cyberspace any more than the A.C.L.U. does, but they realize that the only way to turn the Internet into a genuine mass medium and make a real pile of money is to convince the public that it is a clean and well-lighted place. The industry's mantra has been "Patience! Technological refinements will soon be able to protect everyone's interests." This is why the summit opened with demos of various programs that can block out unwanted Websites and E-mail or provide parents with a log of what their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY JOHNNY CAN'T SURF ONLINE | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

Over the past five years, a new crop has sprouted across the broad, fertile plains of northern Germany. Sprinkled among the barns and silos are thousands of 100-ft.-tall towers topped by sleek, fiber-glass blades that whirl slowly in the breeze. Functioning as clean, trim powerhouses, these modern windmills turn even gentle currents of air into strong currents of electricity, energizing the region's businesses and homes without hurting the environment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: CLEAN AS A BREEZE | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

Like the computer industry, with which it shares many technologies, the clean-energy business is being led by dozens of entrepreneurial start-up companies, many of them financed with venture capital. But as business has boomed in the past two years, major corporations have jumped in. The lure is obvious: the use of wind and solar power is growing more than 25% a year, while the markets for coal and oil are expanding only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: CLEAN AS A BREEZE | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...cards, respond only when called and wait for their pensions. "Many cops go their whole careers without making an arrest," says Joseph McNamara, a former police chief of San Jose, Calif. "The small number of aggressive officers every department has, and needs, are the ones we rely on to clean things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW COPS GO BAD | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

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