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...find it hard to put into words the depth of my outrage at the Army for its actions toward its recruiters, which drive dedicated soldiers to suicide. I have no doubt the Army will deny responsibility and take no meaningful corrective action. My pride as a veteran has suffered yet another wound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

Indeed, because global temperature is rising now, ecosystems are already on the move. "Once you explain it to people, it makes intuitive sense," says co-author David Ackerly, a University of California, Berkeley, biologist. "We know what it's like to drive north to escape the heat. It's concrete, rather than the abstractness of rising average temperatures." (See the top 10 green ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Climate Change: How Fast Is the Earth Shifting? | 12/24/2009 | See Source »

...Here's how it works: every car owner will be required to purchase a GPS machine that is able to send data tracking the distances of trips to a billing agency. Any motorist caught without the device will be fined. People driving a standard family sedan will be charged 3 euro cents per kilometer in 2012, with the tax going up every year until 2018, when it is expected to top out at an average of 6.7 cents per kilometer. So, for instance, a trip from Amsterdam to Eindhoven and back - a distance of about 250 kilometers - will cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holland's Plan to Tax Every Kilometer Driven | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

...wonder then that the Dutch government is trying something revolutionary to reduce the number of cars on the road - taxing every motorist who gets behind the wheel based on the distance of their trip and the kind of car they drive. The plan, which was approved by the Dutch cabinet in November and is expected to be implemented in 2012, aims to eventually cut the number of traffic jams in the country in half. (See the top 10 green ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holland's Plan to Tax Every Kilometer Driven | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

...speed limits depending on traffic and weather. Cities such as London, Rome and Stockholm have started charging drivers a daily fee to enter "congestion zones" in their centers. In the U.S., states like Oregon, California and Massachusetts have mulled levying highway taxes based on the amount of mileage people drive. But the Dutch scheme is by far the most ambitious in the world because it will not only be implemented nationwide, but it also involves technology in the solution like never before. (Read about Holland's group in the 2010 soccer World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holland's Plan to Tax Every Kilometer Driven | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

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