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...Alexandria, Va.-based trade association, says that blowers present an “extremely efficient” way to save time and labor.PARKING AND PARKSThe city manager also reported to the council on policies designed to decrease Cambridge’s gasoline consumption.“To foster better fuel efficiency by residents, businesses, and institutions, the City will assess ‘feebates’ and other incentives to encourage the use of fuel-efficient vehicles and continue efforts...to reduce reliance on single-occupancy driving,” the manager’s report read.Councillor Henrietta Davis asked...
...long-term commitment to renewable energy development is only part of Patrick’s plan to be environmentally conscious. To reduce pollution in the short term, he wants to expand investment in public transportation and give tax breaks for fuel-efficient cars and home appliances. He is also committed to clean energy. In fact, he was one of the earliest supporters of the Cape Wind Project, which will build a wind farm off the coast of Nantucket, when it was unpopular and politically risky. Patrick’s commitment to his values—in this case protecting...
While voters may remain suspicious of the smooth-talking politicians on the national stage who make big promises to hide their ulterior motives, this undergraduate class of political activists has proven to be sincere in their campaign efforts. Harvard students in both the Dems and the HRC find fuel for their fire in a desire to actually make a change on a larger scale, rather than merely booking their schedules with resume-padding activities. Each race, no matter what the pre-election polls report, can be lost, leaving volunteers who have given everything with absolutely nothing to show...
...over mixed neighborhoods by violently forcing out Sunnis. But if the Shi'ite militias control much of the capital, reports suggest that Sunni insurgent groups are tightening their grip along road-transportation routes into and out of the capital. Such tactics have previously allowed the Sunni insurgents to choke fuel supplies into the capital. With that kind of virtual stalemate prevailing, Maliki won't likely be taking orders from Washington anytime soon...
...Federal paramilitary police were flown into Oaxaca City, the state's capital, Mexicans worried over whether Fox's action would restore calm or simply fuel the social polarization exacerbated by last summer's hotly contested presidential election. "We've been held hostage here by radical groups," Freddy Alcantar, a Oaxaca hotelier told TIME by phone Saturday morning. "Finally the President is imposing the rule of law." But a protester who called himself only Florentino, representing the leftist Popular Assemby of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), told TIME that until Governor Ulises Ruiz resigns, he and other militants - who are believed...