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...embraced compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) and less packaging. For instance, by next May, to save energy and space, the company will stock only concentrated detergents. In a high-efficiency prototype near Kansas City, Mo., the company is testing LED-illuminated refrigerator cases that don't light up until you approach them, so the lights stay off 40% of the time. Elsewhere it is testing solar panels and windmills...
...Spanish National Court issued its verdicts in the 2004 Madrid bombing case on Oct. 31. By U.S. standards, the verdicts seemed light--many sentences ranged from 12 to 15 years, and seven of the 28 suspects were absolved of all crimes, including alleged mastermind Rabei Osman. The ruling put to rest a long-festering accusation lodged by conservatives that the Basque separatist group ETA, not Islamic terrorists, was behind the attacks that killed 191 people and injured nearly 2,000 more. But it raised many questions about Spain's ability to prosecute terrorism cases now that Islamic terrorists...
Fernando Reinares, director of the Program on Global Terrorism at Spain's Elcano Royal Institute, says he didn't expect the outcome. "The police and judicial investigations had gathered abundant evidence to condemn some of those, like Osman and [Hassan] el Haski, who were not convicted or who received light sentences," he says...
...have the last laugh as you weave through the gridlock, leaving motorists in your wake. Scooter fares start from a mere $1. For the Merc, you're looking at $45 an hour, or $95 for a one-way airport transfer - but you'd better be traveling light if booking the latter. The SLK 200 has about as much luggage room as, well, a scooter...
...light of this, we welcome Shell’s multimillion-dollar donation to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government (KSG). Staggered over five years and renewable for five more, the $3.75 million gift will be administered by the KSG but will hopefully fund and bring together research on energy policy in disciplines across the university. We hope this donation will prompt Harvard to become the leader in energy research that it can and should...