Jon’’s NewsCloud Journal

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Gassing Up With Garbage

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

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Waste-to-fuel efforts continue.

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Design Gone Wrong

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Hilarity. Of a certain web-nerdly sort.
Anyone who has worked on a web design project can probably appreciate this.

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Ford to Make a Broader Bet on Small Cars

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Probably only about 10 years too late to save themselves.
The company, which devoted itself for nearly 20 years to pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, is about to drastically alter its focus to building more small cars.

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A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

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"The highest form of luxury is now growing it yourself or paying other people to grow it for you," said Corby Kummer, the food columnist and book author. "This has become fashion."

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Gore Calls for Carbon-Free Electric Power

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Al Gore said the goal of using only electricity produced by renewable energy in 10 years was achievable and necessary for national security.

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Gore Wants U.S. to Abandon Fossil Fuels by 2018

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Al Gore said the goal of using only renewable energy in 10 years was achievable and necessary for national security.

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Young woman quit DNR after being sexually harassed by Commissioner Sutherland

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Pathetic. Can’t wait to unelect this fellow in a few months.
If a statewide elected official were to humiliate a young female employee in front of her coworkers and supervisors by inappropriately touching her—twice—while lewdly remarking on her breasts, and ultimately leading to her resignation… you’d think that might generate a few hea…

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No Parking Anytime: Walking to the grocery store is one step easier

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Feet First, a pedestrian activist group that works to encourage more people to walk, has had a new focus for the last couple of weeks — trying to get shoppers to walk to the grocery store, not drive.

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Stricter safety rules ordered for pesticides

July 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

YAKIMA — Federal regulators will require new measures to protect agricultural workers from five pesticides, including two widely used in the Northwest potato industry, but are allowing continued use of a third that is widely banned under international treaty.

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Toyota to Make Prius in the U.S.

July 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

The automaker said that it would build its hybrid sedan in the U.S. for the first time as it tries to meet rising demand.

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