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The Los Alamos proposal does not violate any laws of physics, and other scientists have independently suggested similar ideas.
There is, however, a major caveat that explains why no one has built a carbon-dioxide-to-gasoline factory…
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Driving and other fuel-dependent activities are about to get more expensive as British Columbia becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax.
The carbon tax will apply to virtually all fossil fuels, including gasoline, diesel, natural gas, coal, propane, and home heating fuel. B.C.’s carbon tax, the provincial government claims, will […]

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The S.E.I.U.’s endorsement is especially coveted because the union has 1.9 million members and has a rank-and-file that is far more politically active than most other unions’. Moreover, its political action committee is expected to collect more than $30 million this campaign, making it one of the biggest PACs in the nation.
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Will the Democratic nomination process become … undemocratic?
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Plans are in the works to bring Arrested Development to the big screen. Discerning fans of comedy wet their pants with joy.
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In 2002, Ireland passed a tax on plastic bags; customers who want them must now pay 33 cents per bag at the register. There was an advertising awareness campaign. And then something happened that was bigger than the sum of these parts.
Within weeks, plastic bag use dropped 94 percent. Within a year, nearly everyone had […]

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