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The Keystone XL and tar sands expansion have no place in a clean energy future I can understand why oil companies love tar sands. There is a lot of money to be made by strip mining and drilling the dirtiest oil on the planet. [...] In this case, the way the Obama administration can help North America solve our climate problem is by rejecting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and calling on the Canadian government to cap tar sands production. Instead of embarking on a tar sands binge and more climate chaos, the United States and Canada should be partnering on clean energy -- ramping up the high-tech energy solutions of today and tomorrow.
I can understand why oil companies love tar sands. There is a lot of money to be made by strip mining and drilling the dirtiest oil on the planet. [...]
In this case, the way the Obama administration can help North America solve our climate problem is by rejecting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and calling on the Canadian government to cap tar sands production.
Instead of embarking on a tar sands binge and more climate chaos, the United States and Canada should be partnering on clean energy -- ramping up the high-tech energy solutions of today and tomorrow.
State gun ownership rates can be predictive of firearm homicide rates, according to a study published recently in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers from Boston University examined firearm homicide data collected between 1981 and 2010, from all 50 states. They determined that for every 1 percent increase in gun ownership, firearm homicide rates increased 0.9 percent. "We observed a robust correlation between higher levels of gun ownership and higher firearm homicide rates," researchers wrote.
Researchers from Boston University examined firearm homicide data collected between 1981 and 2010, from all 50 states. They determined that for every 1 percent increase in gun ownership, firearm homicide rates increased 0.9 percent.
"We observed a robust correlation between higher levels of gun ownership and higher firearm homicide rates," researchers wrote.
Washington state legislators headed to work can't get speeding tickets -- or so says the Washington State Patrol and at least one local police department. A spokesman for WSP says Washington lawmakers are constitutionally protected from receiving noncriminal traffic tickets during a legislative session, as well as 15 days before. The logic? Detaining lawmakers on the road -- even for the time it takes to issue them a speeding ticket -- may delay them from getting to the Capitol to vote.
The logic? Detaining lawmakers on the road -- even for the time it takes to issue them a speeding ticket -- may delay them from getting to the Capitol to vote.
Former Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr., who died in July at age 98, left $10,000 to each full-time employee who has worked more than 10 years at his family’s Virginia newspapers.
The furor over human rights at the Sochi Olympics comes at a difficult time for Russia, and specifically for LGBT rights in Russia: Vladimir Putin is positioning his country as a bulwark against decadent Western values, and it’s unclear what international pressure can do about it. That same furor, though, comes at a perfect time for the international conversation about LGBT rights. The “Gay Olympics” — as the Sochi Games might as well be known — is forcing an unexpected flood of small choices on thousands of organizations and people around the world, from the owners of Stolichnaya Vodka to the conductors of the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra.
That same furor, though, comes at a perfect time for the international conversation about LGBT rights. The “Gay Olympics” — as the Sochi Games might as well be known — is forcing an unexpected flood of small choices on thousands of organizations and people around the world, from the owners of Stolichnaya Vodka to the conductors of the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra.
Don Ramos is 80. His square jaw looks chiseled from rock, and his biceps, when flexed, looks as if it swallowed a softball. He holds several weight-lifting world records for his age group and can still lift more than 160 pounds off the ground and raise it over his head. A little over two weeks ago, though, Ramos was declared a cheat, the oldest steroid doper ever caught by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
A little over two weeks ago, though, Ramos was declared a cheat, the oldest steroid doper ever caught by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.