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Phoenix's too hot future
If cities were stocks, you'd want to short Phoenix. Of course, it's an easy city to pick on. The nation's 13th-largest metropolitan area crams 4.3 million people into a low bowl in a hot desert, where horrific heat waves and windstorms visit it...
Tags: Joe Arpaio, Global Change, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters
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Pakistan, Iran launch controversial gas pipeline project
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Work formally began Monday on a controversial pipeline that would feed energy-starved Pakistan natural gas from Iran, a project that has drawn stern warnings from the U.S. of possible sanctions against Islamabad if the South Asian...
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, Energy, Environmental Issues, Nuclear Policy, Iran
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If you're waiting for bio-fuels, you'll be waiting a lot longer
Oh what big plans we had for advanced bio-fuels. In the federal Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the nation was given the lofty production target of 500 million gallons of so-called cellulosic bio-fuels for 2012. By cellulosic, we mean...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Biofuels, BP Plc
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Jason Bateman gives Ernest Borgnine's estate a new identity
Actor Jason Bateman and his wife, actress Amanda Anka, are dropping anchor in the Beverly Crest area with the purchase of the estate of Ernest Borgnine for $3 million. The gated country English compound sits on a half-acre knoll. The 6,148-square-foot...
Tags: Cartoons, Environmental Issues, Property, Alternative Energy, Allergies
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Ikea looks to grow. Gradually.
This post has been updated. See the notes below for details.Ikea Group, the Swedish home goods retailer currently residing in 298 blue-boxed stores in 26 countries, wants to expand. Just don’t rush it. The company opened 11 new stores in nine countries in its fiscal year ended Aug. 31 – buying the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Earnings Forecasts, Starbucks Corp., Companies and Corporations
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Union chief is wired into City Hall
If you bumped into the guy, you probably wouldn't recognize him. Chances are, you've never even heard of him. But he's one of the most powerful players in Los Angeles politics, and he's swinging for the fences again, using his considerable clout to...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Wendy Greuel, Jan Perry
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2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, IBM, Medicare, Business, Parties and Movements
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Al Gore, still energized
Al Gore hails from Tennessee, but when he comes to California next week, he'll be coming back to his spiritual home. In 2000, Californians gave him a double-digit lead — 1.3 million votes — over George W. Bush for president. His documentary,...
Tags: Movies, Environmental Issues, Academy Awards, YouTube, Petroleum Industry
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Energy Secretary Chu to step down
WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he is leaving the Obama administration, ending a tenure marked by active development of alternative energy that won plaudits from environmentalists and drew attacks from conservatives, especially after the...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Stanford University, Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy
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Hawaii sets 'breakthrough' framework for new solar power
Hawaii’s love affair with rooftop solar energy has turned into a gold rush. In 2012, as many permits for new solar units were issued on the island of Oahu alone as in the entire state over the last decade. That, inevitably, has led to gridlock....
Tags: Hawaiian Electric Company Incorporated, Environmental Issues, Business, Energy Saving, Alternative Energy
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Letters: Go solar, DWP
Re "DWP will buy excess solar energy," Jan. 12 Well it's about time. But why should the L.A. Department of Water and Power limit the amount of solar energy it will buy from customers through 2016 to 100 megawatts? Why not buy all the solar power...Tags: Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Solar Energy
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Chevy puts on international face at Detroit Auto Show
Chevy will be using the Detroit Auto Show on Jan. 14 to release two quintessentially American products: an all-new Corvette and Silverado pickup truck. But the automaker's booth will have an international flavor as well, as five vehicles from Chevy's...
Tags: Chevrolet, Environmental Issues, China, New Products, Automotive Equipment
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