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...would need to have a fuel economy at least 25% better than the clunker to qualify - and rebates would reach up to $4,000. (All auto brands would qualify, foreign or domestic.) A 25% improvement would be enough to make buying a new car a good deal for the planet as well as Detroit. "If the public is going to subsidize these auto purchases, then the public should get a benefit through oil savings and a reduction in greenhouse gases," says Brian Siu, an energy policy analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council's air and energy program...
...United States- will finally be defeated around 2035 by the same globalization of the markets (particularly the financial ones), and by the power of corporations. Financially and politically exhausted, like all other empires before it, the United States will cease to run the world. But it will remain the planet's major power; no new empire or dominant nation will replace it. The world will temporarily become polycentric with a dozen or so regional powers managing its affairs...
...nation’s current energy policy. The plan calls for replacing traditional electrical generation—which produces environmentally harmful byproducts such as carbon dioxide emissions—with a system that would rely only on 100 percent clean electricity. In light of the dangers that our planet faces in the immediate and distant future, the Mass. General Court’s decision is a wise choice that signifies a keen awareness of the importance of energy policy...
...yard into official Washington's version of an amusement park, with food, games, music, storytelling, and, yes, thousands of eggs. The President and first lady generally attend, along with other notables ranging from Beltway celebs (Attorney General Janet Reno read attendees a story called "Queen Janet from the Bunny Planet" in 1997) to full-on stars (the Jonas Brothers performed last year). And, of course, there is egg rolling - a European custom of murky origin wherein a hard-boiled egg is pushed, dragged, flung or otherwise propelled across a lawn with a long-handled spoon. Every child leaves with...
...Chinese economy is going," he says, arguing that it will be many years before the global trade imbalances that caused the current crisis are redressed. In the meantime, China will get little help from the world -nor will China be of much help to the rest of the planet...