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Yeltsin has positioned himself in the role Gorbachev formerly played so well: supporter of the common folk. When thousands of coal miners went on strike in 1989, Gorbachev associated himself with their fight against management and emerged as a hero to the working class. Miners are striking in parts of the Ukraine and Siberia once again, but their leaders have turned to Yeltsin. Last week the Russian leader met with strike coordinators, who declared their full support for Yeltsin's political position and "readiness to support it with all possible nonviolent methods." Most miners are asking for higher wages...
Biofuels are touted as a planet-friendly substitute for coal and oil. While ethanol (made from corn or sugarcane) and biodiesel (made from soybean or palm oil) burn cleaner and produce less greenhouse gas than fossil fuels do, critics warn that biofuels have their own dark side. Cuba's Fidel Castro even called powering cars with food "sinister" policy, but here's a more level-headed breakdown of the impact and limitations of farming for fuel...
...president, I will ask the American people to participate in our own conservation policy, an energy audit of our own personal lives,” Kucinich said, outlining his plan for bilateral trade conditioned on workers’ rights and environmental quality principles. Kucinich called for decreasing reliance on coal, oil, and nuclear energy by suggesting the introduction of solar and wind technologies for mass consumption. And Kucinich’s plans for reform extend past the environmental arena—at Friday’s talk he questioned the usefulness of the electoral system. “I think...
...infancy; Ana Luisa believes she is an orphan. José Carlos, who has much more affection for Mercé than Ana Luisa does, tries charming her with odd endearments: "my soot cloud," "my little tar ball," and "You are a refined black lady, you were made of the finest coal where diamonds are extracted from." Her reason for fighting the betrothal is that she is Ana Luisa's mother, though she has never told the girl. Love has made Mercé endure both her maid status and the contempt her daughter sometimes shows her -as when she denies Merc...
...quickest of halfbacks, but he had every other quality a player could wish for, not least an unerring sense for where a defense was weak. A footballer among athletes, he was inventive, fearless and maybe the toughest of the tough. Born in Cessnock, New South Wales, to a coal-miner father, he played the 1997 grand final with a punctured lung amid reports that he was risking death. Yet he performed without a hint of apprehension, setting up the try that gave his beloved Newcastle their first premiership...