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The crass exploitation of Lois JacksonThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:21PMLois Jackson is perfectly capable of looking out for herself, but I don't think she realizes how she is being exploited by senior Metro staff in their effort to pursue an agenda that is entirely their own.

The Future Looks Great For the Ethanol BoondoggleThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:18PMOne of my biggest disappointments with President Obama so far is his continued support of the ethanol boondoggle. The program was ramped up by the Bush administration to achieve energy independence by subsidizing the production of alcohol from domestically grown corn.

Officials Raise Estimate of Oil Spill in MichiganThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:13PMA million gallons of oil may have spilled into the Kalamazoo River, significantly more than first estimated.

Controlling Soot Might Quickly Reverse a Century of Global WarmingThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:03PMA massive simulation of soot's climate effects finds that basic pollution controls could put a brake on global warming, erasing in a decade most of the last century's temperature change.

Local NewsThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:59PMTwo separate incidents caused power outages early Thursday, reported Liz Anderson of the Grays Harbor PUD. The failure of a wooden arm that had rotted out on a power pole caused some equipment to drop onto a transmission line which caused the outage impacting about 2,300 customers inn the South...

Study finds black carbon implicated in global warmingThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:37PMIncreasing the ratio of black carbon to sulfate in the atmosphere increases climate warming, suggests a study conducted by a University of Iowa professor and his colleagues and published in the July 25 issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.

Does the climate/energy bill's failure also doom transportation? A chat with James Corless of 'T4America'Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:50PMCITYSCAPE James Corless Does the climate/energy bill's failure also doom transportation? A chat with James Corless of 'T4America' By Steve Berg | Thursday, July 29, 2010 It seems like only yesterday that a crisis was a terrible thing to waste, yet the Senate has pulled the plug on comprehensive legislation to reduce our dependence on oil. What happened?

Trial by fire: Burning house provides students with valuable experienceThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:39PMThick black smoke boiled out of attic windows, from under eaves and through the open doorway of a small brown house on the outskirts of Grover. Firefighters flooded the lawn, heaving long, heavy hoses through the door and climbing ladders to gain...

John Mayer stays relevant, aware of hard times at DTE showThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:21PMINDEPENDENCE TWP. — When John Mayer last rolled into town in February, he was the news, coming off the backlash from a recent Playboy magazine interview he gave which was explicit at the least and perceived by many as racist.