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Adena plans to open nation's most modern health care facility

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:44:48 +0000

With hopes of launching southern Ohio's standing as a mecca for the most technologically-savvy region in the country for medical education and services, the Adena Health Foundation is well on its way to building the most modern health care centers in the nation.

Having recently received a grant of $1 million from PACCAR (parent company of the Kenworth Truck Co.), Adena Healthcare has gathered nearly half of its $15 million budget for constructing the Adena Healthcare Education Innovation Center.

"Today, the most modern medical educational facility is at Riverside Hospital in Columbus," said Larry Gates, a member of the Adena Healthcare Board of Trustees. "In two years, the most modern facility in the United States will be at Ross County at Adena."

Legislature may use ratepayer surcharge to bail out Ore. museum

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:44:48 +0000

SALEM, Ore. (AP) ? Portland General Electric customers may be bailing the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry out of a $4.6 million delinquent loan with state money intended to fund efficiency measures and renewable energy.

A 3 percent public purpose surcharge on PGE and PacifiCorp customers was implemented by the Legislature in 2002 to fund the Energy Trust of Oregon, an organization that works with residential and industrial customers to promote energy efficiency and efforts to use renewables.

Opponents of the measure say using that money to pay off OMSI's debt to the Department of Energy amounts to a legislative raid on ratepayer money.

Environment likely to gain from deal

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

But regulators still urged to demand stiffer commitments

12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 26, 2007

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Rich nations accused of 'green imperialism' on climate change

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

SINGAPORE | Developed countries are hypocritical for criticizing China's greenhouse gas emissions while using the country's cheap labor to power industries that pollute, Asian business and government leaders said Monday."This is green imperialism," Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Malaysia's deputy finance minister, told a panel discussion on global warming at the World Economic Forum on East Asia, a two-day conference.China has come under increasing pressure from the United States in particular to take more...

Your views: Leaving our mark

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

Readers express a variety of opinions in their letters to FLORIDA TODAY.

Stormwater project hurts Melbourne woods

I care deeply about the protection of the Indian River Lagoon. Stormwater retention ponds can be very helpful in keeping polluted runoff from entering the lagoon.

It's the grackle in the coal mine

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

I doubt it comes as much of a surprise, but I have a birdfeeder. On a recent Friday morning, while reading the paper, I looked outside to see it swarming with the usual suspects, including a handful of common grackles.

The grackle is not a rare bird. In fact, quite the opposite, it is what we call one of the "common" birds, with numbers in the millions nationwide. Yet, despite its seemingly vast numbers, its U.S. population is less than half of what it was 40 years ago. That loss is so startling, it is one of the birds we at Audubon only recently identified in a major national news conference as one of the 20 common birds in serious decline across the country. I wondered to myself, as I looked out the window - will anybody care that such a "common" bird as the grackle is in decline?

OUR OPINIONS: Baker plays too safe

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

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Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

The BugBand pump spray is another quick option for repelling mosquitoes. It retails for $6.95. (Courtesy of BugBand)They're waiting, patiently hiding in unmowed grasses, towering weeds or inside old tires.

Just when the sun starts to set and residents step out to their patio -- they strike!

Those pesky, insatiable mosquitoes get their blood fix and you're left with nothing but a nasty bump and a never-ending itch.

A voice of experience

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

Speaking Saturday in front of Nashua City Hall, where Kennedy kicked off his 1960 presidential campaign, Dodd proposed a sweeping national service program, starting with high school and extending through retirement.

His own time as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic changed his life, says Dodd, who plans to make national service a signature idea of his presidential campaign. He and thousands like him volunteered because, all those long decades ago, a dynamic young president asked them to think beyond themselves. It's time for America to re-establish that ethic, he says.

It's fascinating watching Dodd, now 63, try to claim the Kennedy mantle, for this reason. Although he's invoking JFK, the Kennedy Dodd really calls to mind is EMK -- that is, Edward Moore Kennedy. Like his close friend Ted, Dodd is a fixture in the Senate, a respected member of the body where he has served Connecticut since 1981, a man who has US senator stamped into his manner, speaking style, and indeed, very appearance.

Bike to Work prize puzzles avid cyclist

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

Every time I write about energy conservation, I get bombarded with e-mails from readers who accuse me of dastardly crimes against the planet.

They assume I live in air-conditioned splendor, that I recklessly squander gasoline by driving willy-nilly in an oversized luxury car and that I am a compulsive consumer who creates mountains of trash in order to feed some fundamental need to be on the cutting edge.

They're wrong.

Daily Briefing: UTILITIES / ENERGY: Deal struck for carbon dioxide

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

Denbury Resources Inc. on Monday agreed to acquire all the carbon dioxide captured from a synthetic fuel plant planned for construction in Natchez, Miss., by Rentech Inc. The Dallas-based oil and gas company said it expects to buy between 350 million and 400 million cubic feet per day of captured carbon dioxide from Rentech, a byproduct of the proposed plant's anticipated production. Under the agreement, Denbury will build a pipeline and transport the captured carbon dioxide, then inject it unde...

Dyer: The West must give China incentive to curb emissions

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

The United States is off the hook: Last year China overtook the U.S. to become the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide. "The tall tree attracts the wind," and from now on China will be the main target of the criticism that used to be directed at the United States for refusing to accept binding limits on its greenhouse gas emissions.

What's particularly striking is the speed with which China has passed the United States. In 2005 its CO2 emissions were 2 percent lower than those of the U.S.; in 2006 they were 8 percent higher. Yet China only has four times the population of the United States, and the average Chinese is nothing like a quarter as rich as the average American. In fact, the vast majority of Chinese don't even own cars. So why does China produce so much CO2?

One reason is cement. The pace of building in China is so intense that the country produces 44 percent of the world's cement (the U.S. produces 4 percent), and cement production is a major source of greenhouse gases. The main culprit, however, is coal, which accounts for 70 percent of China's energy consumption.

Editorial: Good use of a Waco energy source

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:44:49 +0000

Landfills naturally emit methane gas, which contributes to the planet’s greenhouse effect.

Methane gas is a much more powerful global warming agent than carbon dioxide.

In the United States, landfills are the biggest culprits when it comes to leaking methane. Waco’s landfill is no exception.

Rich nations blamed for global warming