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...read two years ago about the earth's warming up because of the increase in carbon dioxide from oil and coal burning [Oct. 31]. Since then I often take the bus and turn off every unnecessary light in my apartment. The impending hotter climate should inspire Americans to practice conservation diligently...
...Cruise travels from the Chicago North Shore glitz of Risky Business to the dying towns of the Appalachian Coal Belt lo play a working-class jock in All the Right Moves. Life here is picturesquely grim. Shanties that look as if they were about to implode perch uneasily on streets set at a San Francisco diagonal. The JUST MARRIED legend on the car of a young bride and groom is scrawled in Polish; Ihe not-so-happy couple plans to honeymoon in Pittsburgh. The guys al the Ampipe steel mill who have not been laid off probably wish they could...
...precisely this clear-eyed disingenuousness that may make All the Right Moves a hit on date nights this fall. Today's teen-agers may talk hip and move fast, but when it comes to movies, they still like their coal dust leavened with fairy dust. Stefan's dream comes true; the coach turns out to be a mensch; Lisa stands by her man. With Tom Cruise luring the girls into the theater, and high school machismo hooking the boys, this naive little movie hopes to prove itself the Flashdance of football...
Ruckelshaus professed surprise at the strong public reaction. After all, he pointed out, "we can't say any of these things for certain." Scientists noted that researchers have been cautioning for nearly a century that the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) is steadily increasing the atmosphere's CO2 content. The invisible gas itself is not dangerous. In fact, it is vital to green plants, which combine CO2 with water in the presence of sunlight to produce carbohydrates...
Land Leasing. The leasing of coal lands during a market glut (at a loss of $100 million, according to the General Accounting Office) prompted the creation of a coal-leasing review panel, and Watt's insensitive description of the panel's "balance" precipitated his exit. Overall, the federal land leased to coal-mining companies more than quintupled under Watt. Conservationists fear that many leases were granted hastily, without proper environmental impact studies...