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Earth Talk: Has recycling lived up to its promise?

Published date: December 2, 2012 | 10:20 am

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

Americans still don’t recycle as much as they could. Nonetheless, the practice is already considered a huge success given that it keeps about a third of the solid waste we generate out of our quickly filling landfills and saves natural resources while generating much-needed revenue for struggling municipal governments. Recycling also helps us keep our carbon footprints down: According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, recycling one ton of aluminum cans conserves more than 1,665 gallons of gasoline.

Andy Schmookler: What Romney and the GOP have in common

Contributors

Published date: November 19, 2012 | 9:51 pm

Many in the Republican base have complained that the erstwhile Massachusetts moderate, Mitt Romney, is not a fitting standard bearer for today’s Republican Party. But there’s a fundamental way that Romney is a perfect reflection of his party: Neither is honest with the American people.

Earth Talk: The impact of deforestation on global warming

Roddy Scheer

Published date: November 17, 2012 | 9:49 am

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

By most accounts, deforestation in tropical rainforests adds more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than the sum total of cars and trucks on the world’s roads. According to the World Carfree Network (WCN), cars and trucks account for about 14 percent of global carbon emissions, while most analysts attribute upwards of 15 percent to deforestation.

Andy Schmookler: The GOP’s troubled connection with reality

Letters

Published date: November 14, 2012 | 10:33 pm

Updated: August 18, 2025 | 1:56 pm

Last week provided an interesting glimpse into the political right’s pathological dishonesty (and Rachel Maddow did an excellent job of calling attention to it). It turns out that the liars are prone to lying to themselves.

Chris Graham: Strangely quiet Virginia Senate race

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Published date: October 24, 2012 | 2:55 pm

Updated: October 26, 2012 | 5:24 pm

Other than the occasional report on polls that of late have put Tim Kaine in the lead over George Allen, it’s been strangely quiet on the campaign trail in the Virginia Senate race. Think about it. Battleground state, two former governors, both of whom have been talked about at one time or another as possible future players on the national stage, locked in what has been a neck-and-neck race for 18 months, and … nothing.

Cuccinelli: ‘Hands are tied’ on voter fraud case

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Published date: October 22, 2012 | 4:54 pm

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has not been shy about using the resources of his office and taxpayer dollars to tilt at windmills like climate change and abortion regulations. But Cuccinelli is holding back from involving his office in expanding the investigation into alleged voter fraud perpetrated by a Republican group that has already led to one arrest in Harrisonburg.

Derrick Parks: Small-business owners will help decide the 2012 election

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Published date: October 5, 2012 | 8:04 pm

With the election a month away and as the nation prepares to watch the debates between our two presidential candidates, small-business owners will be listening for what the tewo candidates have to say about the next four years as our nation’s economy continues to recover from the recession that occurred in 2008.

Earth Talk: Global warming and extreme weather

Roddy Scheer

Published date: September 28, 2012 | 4:12 pm

Updated: July 19, 2025 | 6:38 pm

Dear EarthTalk: What is the scientific consensus on all the extreme weather we’ve been having—from monster tornadoes to massive floods and wildfires? Is there a clear connection to climate change? And if so what are we doing to be prepared? – Jason Devine, Summit, Pa. Extreme weather does not prove the existence of global warming,…

McKesson to invest $36M in new operation in Frederick County

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Published date: September 24, 2012 | 9:40 am

McKesson Corporation, a leading healthcare services and information technology company, will invest $36.9 million to establish a new distribution operation in Frederick County., the company announced on Monday.

Senate Notebook: On the defensive, and on the attack

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Published date: August 17, 2012 | 10:47 am

Updated: August 29, 2012 | 11:43 pm

The Tim Kaine Senate campaign brought attention to a statement released Tuesday in which George Allen’s campaign levels a debunked charge that Kaine supports a $700 billion cut to Medicare

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Earth Talk: Has recycling lived up to its promise?

Andy Schmookler: What Romney and the GOP have in common

Earth Talk: The impact of deforestation on global warming

Andy Schmookler: The GOP’s troubled connection with reality

Chris Graham: Strangely quiet Virginia Senate race

Cuccinelli: ‘Hands are tied’ on voter fraud case

Derrick Parks: Small-business owners will help decide the 2012 election

Earth Talk: Global warming and extreme weather

McKesson to invest $36M in new operation in Frederick County

Senate Notebook: On the defensive, and on the attack

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