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...desert is a tough sell for a vacation. "Come to nothing" is not a slogan ever likely to draw amusement-park crowds. Which is why most visitors to South Africa, steered to Kruger National Park in the northeast and to the coastal vineyards of the southwest, often don't notice the country is half scrub. That two-hour flight between Johannesburg and Cape Town? That was the desert...
...atmosphere and affects the entire planet. U.S. emissions are changing the climate in Africa and Asia, just as the soaring emissions of China are affecting America's climate. The results are already deadly, causing failed crops in Africa, killer heat waves in Europe, extreme droughts in the U.S. southwest, and more. And much worse is to come unless...
...Midwest isn't the first part of the U.S. to set up such a regional climate deal - the Northeast, the Southwest and the West have already signed similar deals. But the Midwest runs red politically and is carbon-heavy on energy. With 22% of the U.S. population, the Midwest produces 27% of its greenhouse gas emissions, thanks largely to the fact that many of the states rely heavily for power on coal, the most carbon-rich fuel (71% of the region's electricity comes from coal, compared to 49% nationwide). The deal isn't perfect. Too much emphasis is placed...
When the swimming pools are dry and the golf courses are brown, then - and only then - will I be convinced that the people living in the Southwest are serious about resolving ecological problems. Meanwhile, we'll keep on subsidizing their peccadilloes. George Young, VANCOUVER, WASH...
...that hogged his phone line while he was online to check sports scores or read the news--work for the publicly owned utility of the city of Manassas, Va. They are the people who make sure that the 15,000 homes and businesses in this quiet suburb 30 miles southwest of Washington have electricity, water and sewer service. They were never interested in getting into the broadband business--in fact, officials are keen to franchise the operation to an outside investor--but that's exactly what they did when they deployed broadband over power lines, or BPL, on the Manassas...