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...programs," and prefers that the money come from California's General Fund or by raising taxes. Khosla maintains that Prop. 87 is a "limited, one-time extraction fee" that levels the playing field for alternative energy by providing the same sort of incentives that big oil, natural gas and coal have long enjoyed. Politics aside, investors like Khosla know going green means there's far more at stake than heaps of risk capital...
...shocked the state's Democratic establishment to win a special election in central Kentucky that many say helped presage the GOP sweep that fall. And this Northern Kentucky district, stretching through 24 counties along the top of Kentucky, from the suburbs of Cincinnati all the way east to the coal fields on the West Virginia border, is its most conservative enclave, where President Bush won 63% of the vote in 2004. Davis won the seat easily two years ago over newscaster Nick Clooney (George's dad) when Lucas, the only Democrat to hold the seat since 1966, retired to honor...
...Louis (the new Busch Stadium) and finished in Cincinnati (the Great American Ballpark). In between, we visited Chicago (Wrigley), Detroit (Comerica), and Pittsburgh (PNC). On our way, we enjoyed the fruits of the local industry: Bud Light in Beer Town, Old Style in Chi-Town, Yuengling in coal country—all, naturally, in ballpark bleachers. We didn’t skip the gigantic Cheese Coneys in Cincinnati, but maybe we should have...
...have approached several European media companies for investment, and found little interest. That leaves Libération journalists contemplating their futures. Vincendon has spent 22 of her 46 years at the paper. "We are still asking ourselves the question: 'Is this really going to disappear? Are we working for coal mines?'" We will soon know...
...outdoors (he's a past president of the National Gardening Association), Robinson eschews the index-like mentality of many green funds and opts for small, fast-growing companies that are "green or clean." One such holding is Fuel Tech, which supplies pollution control and cleaning equipment to those nasty coal-fired power plants. Robinson also maintains stakes in the healthy-living sector, owning companies like Whole Foods Market and even the controversial HerbaLife, a maker of nutrition and weight-loss products. He's not averse to financial, biotech or telecom stocks either, stretching the notion of eco-friendly. Last year...