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...sunset. He answered about 150 questions in a Los Angeles court last Friday and Saturday, part of the leftover Iran-contra scandal that keeps snarling at his polished heels like a nasty attack dog. He had every right to repair to his bright Bel Air home, high above the smog, and have a little bit of the post-White House blues like Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter...
...Impact is at least partly a public relations gambit, since GM supports more conventional methods of reducing auto emissions. Even so, the company is preparing for the day when smog-choked motorists may decide they prefer whirring electric vehicles to roaring roadsters...
...baked beans. They've got tofu. We've got snow. They've got smog. We've got Michael Dukakis and Majority Leader George Keverian. They've got Ronald Reagan and Mayor Clint Eastwood...
Among the most important steps that any company can take is to launch an all-out campaign to conserve energy. Such a drive can cut fuel bills sharply and at the same time reduce the pollution that contributes to smog, acid rain and the greenhouse effect. Most companies may think they use energy wisely, but few have invested in the most energy-efficient equipment and lighting systems. Contends Amory Lovins, director of research at the Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute: "The technology exists today to save 75% of the electricity and 80% of the oil used in the U.S. without...
...that his crusade is tongue in cheek, but many newly arrived Californians take less satirical slurs to heart. "Our very first day the Welcome Wagon lady called on us and told us that people here think Californians fail to recycle, pollute the air, ruin natural resources, litter, and bring smog, congestion and overgrowth," a transplanted housewife recalls. "Some welcome...