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...parties have pledged to work together to develop alternative fuel sources. Look for more tax credits and subsidies to help companies develop green and renewable energy. The President, who said in his last State of the Union address that "America is addicted to oil," is scheduled to talk up hybrid and ethanol-powered flex-fuel cars this week. And his market-centric approach may find an ally in Michigan's John Dingell, the Democrat who will be in charge of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Unlike many of his party colleagues, Dingell, a friend of his state's auto...
...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 the city manager to be more specific about actions to provide such incentives. She asked if drivers of hybrid and high-efficiency vehicles would get preference for parking permits.“We’re looking into it,” Healy said.Councillors were not eager to give up the parking privileges of their office.Councillor Craig Kelley proposed a policy order calling for high-level city officials?...
LONG ISLAND SHORES MINDY SMITH Smith getsfiled under country because her songs tell little stories (the title track is about a family reunion that ends with a trip to a grave), but she's really a hybrid of folk and adult pop: equal parts Patty Griffin and Norah Jones. For lyrics, this native New Yorker leans on just a few evocative nouns, and her melodies grow in the wide open spaces between delicately played guitar chords. Her singing on the standouts You Just Forgot and Please Stay is cool and restrained--not from an absence of feeling but from...
...environmental optimist Alex Steffen, the editor of www.worldchanging.com and the editor of a new Amazon-bestselling book Worldchanging, says technological advances make loosing carbon pounds easier than it used to be. "We have better solutions now," he observes. "We have new materials, new technologies like green energy and hybrid cars, great green design so conserving no longer means we have to live an austere life. Instead we can build lives that are ecologically responsible, fun, dynamic and prosperous...
...substances. Now CEO Andrew Liveris is determined to turn the $46 billion conglomerate into a pre-eminent eco-friendly operation. TIME's WENDY COLE spoke with Liveris, 52, about going green, how the U.S.'s civil-justice system is dysfunctional and why he's not ready to buy a hybrid...