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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Feminism, Pakistan, Taliban, Wars and Interventions
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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...
Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy Saving, Keystone XL Pipeline, Global Warming, Weather
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For the record
Proposition 13 loophole: An article in the May 5 Section A about a loophole in Proposition 13 thatenables businesses to sidestep a tax reassessment examined the purchase of a Santa Monica hotel company by Michael Dell and partners. The article said that...Tags: Hydroelectricity, Terry Collins, Rex Ryan, Environmental Issues
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A powerful use for spoiled food
What happens to the 40% of food produced but never eaten in the U.S. each year, the mounds of perfect fruit passed over by grocery store shoppers, the tons of meat and milk left to expire? At Ralphs, one of the oldest and largest supermarket chains on...
Tags: Science and Technology, Walmart, Energy, Whole Foods Market, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Companies won't face charges in condor deaths
Federal wildlife officials took the unprecedented step Friday of telling private companies that they will not be prosecuted for inadvertently harassing or even killing endangered California condors. In a decision swiftly condemned by conservationists...
Tags: Wind Power, Wildlife, Tejon Ranch Corporation, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues
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Similar records, but L.A. mayoral candidates inhabit different worlds
He owns a sleek home in the hills of Echo Park that was renovated with recycled materials, is powered partly by solar panels and was once featured in a top design magazine. She lives in a ranch-style house at the end of a Studio City cul-de-sac, with...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arable Farming, Barack Obama, Trips and Vacations, Entertainment
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U.S. turns over troubled dam project to Afghanistan
KAJAKI, Afghanistan — After struggling for more than a decade to upgrade a huge hydroelectric plant in a volatile region that saw heavy American losses in fighting with the Taliban, the United States is trying a new approach: Let the Afghans take...
Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Pakistan, Heavy Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Droughts, Environmental Issues, John Kitzhaber, Water Supply
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Solar-powered plane completes first leg of cross-country journey
The solar-powered aircraft making a landmark cross-country flight successfully completed its first leg early Saturday, and will rest about a week in Arizona before taking to the skies again. Solar Impulse HB-SIA touched down about 12:30 a.m. at Sky...
Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Environmental Issues, Solar Energy
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28 solar workers sickened by valley fever in San Luis Obispo County
Epidemiologists are investigating an outbreak of valley fever that has sickened 28 workers at two large solar-power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. Staff from the California Department of Public Health, and investigators from the...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prisons, Health and Safety at Work, Flu, Diseases and Illnesses
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SEC accuses city of Victorville, others of fraud in bond sale
Ever since the Department of Defense shut down George Air Force Base in 1992, the high desert town of Victorville has struggled to reinvent itself. The city encouraged massive residential and retail development. It invested in two new power plants....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bankruptcy, Personal Finance, U.S. Department of Defense, Environmental Issues
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L.A. City Council votes to move away from coal-fired energy
The Los Angeles City Council approved a plan Tuesday to begin moving away from coal-fired energy, despite warnings from a Department of Water and Power watchdog that the shift could cost more than $650 million. Like many utilities, the city-owned DWP...Tags: Coal, Alternative Energy, Antonio Villaraigosa, Energy Saving, Electricity Production and Distribution
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