Wolf Trap president and CEO Terrence D. Jones With the performing arts, a good showing is when the fall of the curtain leaves you shuffling off into the night a bit...
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TH Interview: How the Wolf Trap Foundation uses the Performing Arts to Raise Environmental Awareness
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Who needs clean air at national parks anyway?
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Why doesn't Bush just sell off the naming rights of the national parks - heck, the country - to Exxon or some other energy company? They seem to be calling the shots on...
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Special Purpose Computing Focuses on Energy Efficiency
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To improve the climate models that predict global warming, climatologists are seeking model resolutions on the order of 1 km. Unfortunately, building the required 200...
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Atmosphere Threatened By Ocean Pollutants
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A large quantity of nitrogen compounds emitted into the atmosphere by humans through the burning of fossil fuels and the use of nitrogen fertilizers enters the oceans and...
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New Material for Fuel Cells Created
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MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy...
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Solar ETFs Glimmer With The Help Of High Oil Prices
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Solar exchange traded funds (ETFs) appear to be basking in the sun as ever-rising energy prices are sending people looking for less expensive alternatives. Two...
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Salomon Malamute Snowboard Boot - Men's
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Slip on the stiff, powerful Salomon Men's Malamute Snowboard Boot and charge any line, any drop, and any mountain with confidence. In the Salomon boot family, the...
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Solar Industry Creates Scheme to Recycle Solar Panels in Europe
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The Solar Industry Tries to Stay One Step Ahead of Regulators As solar panels become more mainstream and a higher volume of them is produced, they are bound to attract...
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Rising Oil Price Is Hurting Consumers
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What would you expect from the oil consumers if its price is no more than the usual? Definitely, they would be infuriated! Costly gas price would mean budget cutting for...
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New Generation of Nuclear Power Plants More Expensive than Expected
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The Wall Street Journal reports that new-generation nuclear power plants are going to end up costing quite a bit more than estimates. Not just a few percents, but double...
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The carbon capture juggernault rolls on
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Reprinted with permission from Peter Montaque The coal, oil, automobile, railroad and electric power industries are planning to “solve” the global warming...
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Thank the Polar Bear for Higher Energy Costs
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Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne gave a new meaning to the Endangered Species Act today. Only in Washington is it possible to call an animal...
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Senators Suggest Weapons for Oil Deal
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That's what this amounts to, isn't it? A group of Democratic Senators Tuesday threatened to block a multi-million dollar US arms deal with Saudi Arabia, unless the...
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Ethanol: the Other Side
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I was pleased to see (via InstaPundit) this favorable treatment of Robert Zubrin's views on ethanol in Newsweek. I don't think corn-based ethanol is a great way to go,...
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Protect Your ETF Portfolio If That Boom Goes Bust
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When a particular "boom" goes "bust", what should investors do with their related exchange traded funds (ETFs)? Gary Gordon for ETF Expert takes us...
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NASA study highlights impact of human-caused climate change
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A new NASA-led study shows human-caused climate change has made an impact on a wide range of Earth's natural systems, including permafrost thawing, plants blooming...
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McCain Tries to Have It Both Ways
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Some days you gotta almost feel sorry for John McCain. He’s trying so hard to paint himself green. Which doesn’t do him any good among the environmental...
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Breaking the High Price of Oil
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Investor's Business Daily has been running an important serios on "Breaking the High Price of Oil." Today they explore all that Democrats and Congress have done to keep...
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Oil: Where Krugman and I Disagree
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(May 14, 2008 08:08 AM, by Arnold Kling) As expected, Paul Krugman clarifies his thinking. there are only two things you can do with the worlds oil production:...
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Home Foreclosures and Food Prices Up and ETFs Are Mixed
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Real estate and home builder exchange traded funds (ETFs) are mostly higher this morning, even after foreclosures shot higher in April. The number of U.S. homeowners...