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Nation's Wood Nymphs Unveil Plan To Reduce Dependance On Foreign Dew Drops

ISSUE 43•21 | 05.22.07 | Radio News
Florida Crocs Make Nuclear Comeback

ISSUE 43•20 | 05.14.07 | American Voices

American crocodiles are making a comeback in Florida, thanks in large part to the protected canals surrounding the Turkey Point nuclear power plant.... more»
Bush Urges Expanded Drilling Of Alaskan Wildlife

ISSUE 44•27 ISSUE 42•41 | 10.11.06 | News

WASHINGTON, DC—The president reminded Congress Tuesday of the estimated 9.3 billion barrels of drillable bear, elk, and musk ox "right here on American soil." more»
Green-Conscious GE Develops Hybrid Lightbulb

ISSUE 44•27 ISSUE 42•40 | 10.02.06 | News

FAIRFIELD, CT—The bulb's four-cylinder engine could produce up to 80 percent less global-warming pollution than conventional gas-powered bulbs. more»
Conservationist Wastes His Breath

ISSUE 42•19 | 05.10.06 | Radio News
Bush Promotes Hydrogen As Alternative Fuel Source

ISSUE 43•01 ISSUE 42•16 | 04.25.06 | American Voices

President Bush gave an Earth Day address in California reaffirming his commitment to hydrogen as the alternative fuel of the future. What do... more»
Leading Ways To Reduce Gas Use

ISSUE 44•27 ISSUE 41•41 | 10.12.05 | Statshot
Biofuels

ISSUE 44•27 ISSUE 41•33 | 08.17.05 | Infographic

With oil prices reaching an all-time high, scientists are looking for alternative fuel sources. What are they currently researching? more»
Bush Vows To Eliminate U.S. Dependence On Oil By 4920

ISSUE 43•01 ISSUE 41•32 | 08.10.05 | News

WASHINGTON, DC—President Bush unveiled an aggressive initiative Monday that would make the U.S. free of petroleum dependence by the year 4920, less than three millennia from now. more»
New Alternative-Fuel SUV Will Deplete World's Hydrogen By 2070

ISSUE 40•24 | 06.16.04 | News in Brief

DETROIT—Ford announced a Sept. 3 rollout date for its new Ford Foresight, a hydrogen-powered SUV that, if it reaches sales projections, will deplete the earth's supply of hydrogen by 2070. "America has asked for a car that does not use fossil fuels, and we've delivered," Ford CEO William Ford Jr. said Monday. "With an engine nearly 20 times as powerful as that of our gas-burning SUV, the 11-ton Foresight will be unaffected by the price-gouging whims of OPEC, as it uses water electrolysis to gather fuel from the oceans and the fresh mountain air." Ford acknowledged that, when hydrogen supplies are depleted, the usefulness of the Foresight, as well as life on earth as we know it, will end. more»
Texas Environmentalists Lobby For Solar-Powered Electric Chair

ISSUE 44•27 ISSUE 40•23 | 06.10.04 | News in Brief

AUSTIN, TX—Garrett Durning of the Texas Environmental Defense League has spent the last three months campaigning tirelessly for the installation of solar-powered electric chairs in state prisons. "Texas wastes more than 500,000 watts of electricity on every criminal it executes," Durning told reporters Monday. "We live in the 21st century, and it's high time we acted like it. Let's stop depleting our non-renewable fossil fuels. Solar power is a more energy-efficient way to execute the condemned." Durning added that wrist and ankle restraints should be made of hemp rather than leather, the use of which is cruel. more»
Report: U.S. Must Reduce Dependence On Foreign Turmoil

ISSUE 37•46 | 12.19.01 | News in Brief

WASHINGTON, DC—According to a Cato Institute report released Monday, the U.S. has become overly dependent on foreign turmoil for its conversations and media coverage. "The American people consume as many as 60 million barrels of crude speculation every day, using it for everything from driving discussions to heating up political debates," the report stated. "Unless we can dredge up domestic sources of turmoil, we may end up utterly dependent on the Middle East for conversational fuel." more»