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Some silly projects are sure to be built. In Long Beach, Calif., local and state officials bucked the orders from Washington. The city council unanimously approved a $620,000 skateboard-park renovation in a rough neighborhood, half-pipe and all. "It's an incredible opportunity," says local councilman Robert Garcia. "This is near and dear to my heart," noted California Senator Barbara Boxer on the Senate floor. Biden's staff has battled to kill the project behind the scenes, and the outcome is still unclear. Meanwhile, on other requests, Republicans quibbled with Biden's definition of prudent. Some $3.4 million...
...first project of its kind in Europe, the residents of Dörentrup can now switch on the lights on a specific street whenever they like. All they have to do is register for the scheme online and provide a phone number. Then each time anyone needs to see in the dark, they call the Dial4Light number, enter the six-digit code that corresponds to the stretch of road they want lit, and within seconds the lights are on. They'll stay on for around 15 minutes, enough time for someone to walk from one end of the average...
...After a pilot project last year proved to be a big hit with the public, Dörentrup's council has decided to roll out the scheme for the whole village, home to 9,000 people. Utility company Lemgo says the scheme will cut down Dörentrup's carbon-dioxide emissions by around 12 tons each year compared with leaving the streetlights on all night. "We found out that on each stretch of road, people only switch on the lights up to three times each night," explains Frank Bräuer, project leader at Lemgo. "That's why this...
...mayor of Dörentrup, Friedrich Ehlert, sees the new project as win-win. After he was forced to turn off the village lights to help save money, he faced complaints from angry residents worried about their safety when making their way home in the dark in the dead of night. He still defends his decision to flip the switch - "If I watch TV at home, and then go into another room, I switch the lights off in the lounge; people shouldn't expect the streetlights to be on when they're not outside" - but says that any money saved...
...Under the new arrangement, Disney will foot the bill, pumping $451 million (HKD 3.5 billion) into the project and converting another $348 million (HKD 2.7 billion) of existing loans into equity. The government, meanwhile, says it won't inject any new capital into the expansion but will convert a substantial portion of its loans into equity. The Hong Kong government has already been the major financial driver, spending some $418 million on the park and another $1.8 billion on roads, sewers and a rail line to access it. Now, the government's majority stake will remain, but it will drop...