Written by From Yale Environment 360, part of the Guardian Environment Network
11/24/2008
Any federal assistance package for US automakers must require that they finally commit to retooling their industry to produce cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars, says Jim Motavalli. From Yale Environment 360, part of the Guardian Environment Network Read more...
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Christina Romer, a professor at the
University of California, Berkeley, as the head of the White House Council
of Economic Advisers.
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Video game consoles suck a lot of energy, and it turns out that turning them off can save big bucks, according to a report by National Resources Defense Council and consulting firm Ecos.
It also turns out that console... Read more...
A mother who went missing with her five daughters six months ago when she
learned they were to be taken into care was found in Germany, police said
today.
A BBC journalist shot dead while working in one of the world's most dangerous
countries "felt she had to go" to prove her commitment, an inquest
heard today.
More than 50 pilot whales died when they were stranded on a beach in north-western Tasmania. Rescuers tagged five of the 11 survivors which joined a pod of whales swimming east toward a migration route Read more...