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...disaster-prone areas of the state - along with roads, schools, hospitals and other low-lying coastal infrastructure. Nearly $100 billion worth of coastal property could be at risk - and the cost to protect that land from flooding will likely be in the billions, even if we do control greenhouse-gas emissions. "This change is inevitable, and it's going to alter the character of California's coast," says Heather Cooley, a senior research associate at the Pacific Institute and a co-author of the study...
...bill includes a proposed 19-cent increase to the state gas tax that would help stave off the MBTA’s projected $161 million deficit in the next fiscal year...
...take the children to a nonprofit English-language school, Asheema, for the next eight years, just to make sure they attend. Already there are signs of new affluence in the kids' slum dwellings. Rubiana's house was reportedly fitted with a 32-in. LCD TV screen and a new gas stove...
...Means Committee last week, “But it will not close our budget gap.” In order to address the state’s current $1.1 billion shortfall, Patrick said the state needs new sources of revenue—such as a proposed increase in the gas tax—and budget cuts. —Staff writer Liyun Jin can be reached at ljin@fas.harvard.edu...
Faridkot is not the hardscrabble village conjured up by common perceptions of extremist origins. It straddles a paved road about 2 1?2 hours' drive from Lahore, and two new gas stations mark the village boundaries. Beyond those are factories and fertile farmland. There is even BlackBerry service. But it is, undeniably, the sort of place that fosters frustration. Feudal landlords own the farmland, and villagers feel trapped by the status they are born into. The good life is tantalizingly close, yet for most residents still unattainable. For men like Qasab, one of the best ways out is jihad...