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...fruits of that investment and innovation are best tasted in an unlikely place that has emerged as the symbol of Denmark's greenness: Samso island. Located in the Kattegat Strait, Samso (pop. 4,300) was far from cutting-edge when, in 1997, it won a government competition to become a model for how a community can run on renewable energy. At the time Samso was entirely dependent on oil and coal, both of which it imported from the mainland. A little more than a decade later Samso is effectively carbon negative, producing more than 100% of the electricity it needs...
...rescue, they did an incredible job. I know this river, having swum in it as a boy. The Hudson is an estuary - part salt and part freshwater - and moves with the tide. I could tell the tide was moving out because we were tacking slowly south toward Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty and the Battery...
...history kicked in and I recalled it was the site of the famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804. Thankfully I left town in better condition than Mr. Hamilton, who died of a mortal wound the next day! I stayed with my sister on Long Island that evening, then flew home the next...
...influential New York Archdiocese, which is responsible for some 2.5 million Catholics, includes 405 parishes extending from the boroughs of Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx to several southern counties in the Empire State. It has been struggling in recent years because of financial troubles, shrinking parochial school attendees and the lingering fallout of the sex-abuse crisis...
...rules can confound even believers. William Damkoehler, an actor from Rhode Island, learned about indulgences as a kid in Catholic school. As an adult, he's bewildered by them. "It seems like the church is trying to get business back by offering rebates," he says...