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California farmers team up to convert beets to ethanol
FIVE POINTS, Calif. (AP) — Amid the vast almond orchards and grape fields that surround Five Points in California's Central Valley, a once-dominant crop that has nearly disappeared from the state's farms is making a comeback: sugar beets. But...
Tags: Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, Plant Openings, Agriculture, Renewable Energy
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The Sunday Conversation: Shepard Smith
Shepard Smith, longtime host of the nightly "Fox Report," is Fox News Channel's No. 1 anchor. That's thanks in part to his mix of folksy accessibility and anchor-worthy gravitas, which have earned him a perch at Politico.com, where his news clips are...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Statue of Liberty, Jon Stewart, The Huffington Post, Global Change
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NFU urges Congress to include ag in climate change solution
WASHINGTON - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson submitted comments on Feb. 20 to the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change, addressing how the federal government can effectively address climate change. The past year has seen...Tags: Conservation, Politics, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Sheldon Whitehouse
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Condo forum ranges from budgets to weather
Community association residents and boards have a lot on their minds these days. They have questions about borrowing money, global warming, meeting minutes and more. A panel of industry pros addressed these concerns at a recent homeowner forum sponsored...Tags: Environmental Issues, Global Change
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Winter storm dumps snow from Oklahoma to Great Lakes
Associated PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For the second time in a week, a major winter storm paralyzed parts of the nation’s midsection Tuesday, dumping a fresh layer of heavy, wet snow atop cities still choked with piles from the previous system and making travel...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Travel Alerts, Business, Science and Technology, Snow Storms
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Aah-choo! Is it allergy season already?
Gesundheit! If it seems to you allergy sufferers that you're reaching for Kleenex and hay fever pills earlier and earlier each spring to ward off sneezing fits, you may be right. A panel of climate scientists and plant physiologists said Tuesday...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Allergies, Science and Technology
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Last parking workshop yields final ideas
Three consultants made suggestions for Laguna Beach to maximize public parking downtown at the third and final parking management workshop Wednesday night. About 60 residents and business owners attended the meeting inside City Council chambers. They...Tags: Environmental Issues
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Big energy goals get a push
Tribune NewspapersA new National Research Council report says the U.S. may be able to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 in light-duty cars and trucks. The highly ambitious goal could be reached, the report says, through a...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Biofuels, Barack Obama, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Honda and SolarCity offer a home discount for going green
Buy a new Honda Fit EV or Accord Plug-In Hybrid and get a big discount on a solar power installation at your home. Or don’t buy a new one; just prove you own a Honda generator or show up at a dealership with the paperwork for your rusting, 1970s-...
Tags: SunPower Corp., Passenger Cars, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Manufacturing and Engineering, Honda Motor Co.
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Still no cure for the Common Core
Some educational experts know that one weakness in American education is the reading of too many fictional works and too few informational texts. When the purpose of education is to prepare students for “a global economy,” literature...Tags: George Bernard Shaw, Literature, Arts and Culture, Globalization, Environmental Issues
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Challenges and opportunities presented at renewable energy summit
Staff WriterHOLTVILLE — How to integrate the large number of renewable energy sources in California that have sprung up in recent years was just one issue that was discussed Thursday during the first full day of the sixth annual Renewable Energy Summit at the...Tags: Energy Resources, Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Agriculture
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Immigration reform -- for the climate
For environmentalists, population has long been a problem. Many of the things we do wouldn't cause so much trouble if there weren't so many of us. It's why I wrote a book some years ago called "Maybe One: An Argument for Smaller Families." Heck, it's...
Tags: Conservation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Middlebury, Asthma
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