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...China's government is backing the industry's push toward electric cars. Large fleet owners - in China, that's mainly regional governments and taxi companies - now get subsidies worth up to $8,800 per vehicle if they buy electric. Beijing has also announced that it will spend $1.5 billion in grants to help its auto industry innovate. Because most Chinese car owners don't travel long distances, but rather commute in smoggy, traffic-clogged cities, a switch to plug-in electric vehicles is more plausible in China than in other countries...
Unemployed and need to learn new skills to get hired again, but can't afford the tuition to go back to school? Help may be on the way. Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is pushing for a new law that aims to pay community colleges nationwide $1,000 per student to retrain laid-off workers. Casey's bill would set up the Unemployment Tuition Assistance Program as part of the Department of Labor (DOL). People filing for unemployment benefits would be notified that tuition assistance may be available to them, and colleges that volunteer to participate would register with...
...Michigan, whose 12.6% jobless rate is the highest in the U.S., with still more auto-plant closings coming soon, launched its "No Worker Left Behind" program in August 2007. So far the state has footed the bill - up to $10,000 per displaced worker - for 61,434 unemployed Michiganders to learn the math, technology and science skills they need to embark on new careers at companies like Hemlock Semiconductor, Dow Chemical and Dow Corning, which are investing and hiring there. Also in demand: the program's newly trained nursing assistants, physical therapists and health-care technicians...
...Instead, he is advocating a drastic change in the sugar content of sodas. His Department of Nutrition is urging manufacturers to produce a line of beverages containing only 1 gm of sugar per ounce, a 70% reduction in sugar content. It's all part of a campaign to re-train the American sweet tooth. "If children grow up with everything tasting super sweet, then it's hard for them to appreciate he gentle sweetness of a fresh carrot or an apple," he says. "Part of this is deconditioning palates to a much more natural level of sweetness." That certainly...
...debt, our political leaders are on board and we have the brain power not only in the five-college area,” Chang said. Gore’s campaign outlines the reduction of carbon in the atmosphere from its current level of 387 parts per million to below 350 parts per million. Activists at the town hall event said that in the short term, they would focus on encouraging their state representatives to support Gore’s initiative. “Our larger campaign of demonstrating support for bold and ambitious action on climate change here in Massachusetts...