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Dear EarthTalk: I don’t understand why many people oppose wind power just because they have to look at the turbines. If you ask me, wind turbines are much nicer-looking than coal-fired, waste-to-energy or nuclear power plants. – Michael Hart, via e-mail Whether it’s a wind farm, a coal-fired power plant, a nuclear reactor or even…
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Dear EarthTalk: Celebrities and billionaires are shelling out big bucks for cutting edge green-friendly cars like the Tesla Roadster. But what are the rest of us—who live in the budget-constrained real world—to do about buying a new car that does right by the environment? – M.G., Stroudsburg, Pa. With so many new energy efficient cars…
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Friday, Nov. 6 MR. GIBBS: Good afternoon. Let me – I’m going to start with a couple of things. I was going to do a week ahead but, as you might imagine, the week ahead prior to leaving for Asia is a bit in flux. As that gets filled in throughout the rest of today,…
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“Ankle Deep in Reality Tour: Christ, Compassion and Climate, A Call for JUSTpower,” a speaking tour on the issue of climate change, is coming to Eastern Mennonite University Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 9-10. Rev. Lusama Tafue, from the island nation of Tuvalu, will speak about the moral imperative of Christians to be active on the…
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Thursday, Nov. 5 MR. GIBBS: All right, now that the warmup band has finished playing. (Laughter.) Probably only get to say that once or twice in my life. I might as well try today, right? Yes, sir. Q What prompted the President to come out today and make that statement, which sounded pretty tough? MR….
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Week of Monday, Nov. 2 Dabo Swinney – Clemson Opening Statement: It was a good win last week. I thought our team responded well to an emotional win at Miami and went back to work. For the most part we played well, and it is always good to play a lot of guys. It has…
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I explained in a column today on our new sister website, VirginiaPoliticsToday.com, how much I loathe making endorsements. That said, I get it that some of our readers are at the least interested in knowing where I am on local elections, assuming that since I do news and analysis for a living I might have…
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Monday, Nov. 2 COACH GROH: Good morning. What have we got here today? What would we like to get? QUESTION: Pretty remarkable come-back for Miami against Wake Forest? COACH GROH: Actually, watching it reminded me of the game we had last year with them. It reminded me quite a bit of the game we had…
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This just in to the AFP newsroom – Bob McDonnell can now be projected the winner in the 2009 Virginia governor’s race. OK, most people still have yet to vote, but the writing is on the wall, clearly, with the Republican leading Democrat Creigh Deeds by at least 10 points in the pre-election polls. The…
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Monday, Nov. 2 MR. GIBBS: Take us away, Ben. Q Thanks, Robert. A few questions about Afghanistan. Can you tell us, first generally speaking, what’s the President’s reaction to the end of this election? And is he in any way relieved that this sort of messy process is over? MR. GIBBS: Well, look, I think…
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