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When S.C. car owners are overtaxed, the burdena s on them to prove it
2015-02-09 04:06:01| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Sunday: Nearly 15 years after a state audit concluded almost half the cars and trucks in South Carolina were improperly taxed, problems persist in a system that relies on auto price lists the public isn't allowed to see. The Post and Courier analyzed more than 344,000 tax records to pinpoint the weaknesses that compromise fair taxation and an important funding source for schools.
Climate Change May Spark Debate In Washington, But D.C. Is Preparing For It
2015-02-05 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WAMU: Climate change and how to respond to it may provoke partisan fights in Washington, but that's not stopping the nation's capital from preparing for the consequences of changing weather patterns. In his 2016 budget proposal, President Obama included $750,000 for a "climate change adaptation plan to identify climate risks to the District of Columbia, vulnerabilities, and mitigation options." The money would help local, regional and federal agencies plan for possible weather-related incidents, according...
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Solving climate change will be difficult but worth it
2015-02-03 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: I wrote a post last week that seems to have caused a bit of fuss. I got a bunch of angry emails and Joe Romm is yelling at me on his site, so let me say a few words by way of clarification. Much of the feedback I`ve gotten ascribes beliefs to me that I do not hold - as revealed by a little something I like to call Everything I`ve Ever Written - so clearly I did not express myself well. This post is to clear things up, for the record. First lemme unwind a few things I really did screw up. My...
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The Super Bowl Is An Energy-Guzzling, Carbon-Emitting Machine; Here's What The NFL Is Doing About It
2015-02-02 07:24:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/">IBT</a> The Super Bowl is an energy-guzzling, carbon-emitting, trash-generating machine, and Sundays tournament promises to be no different. Tens of thousands of football fans will take petroleum-powered flights to Glendale, Arizona, to watch the New England Patriots square off against reigning champions, the Seattle Seahawks. Visitors will eat mountains of food and drink rivers of beer and soda in the stadium and at related events, and theyll flip on lights and shower off in dozens of hotels. Content Classification: Curated read more
Vivaldi: Opera team builds a better browser, but is there room for it?
2015-01-28 16:37:49| Extremetech
Can Vivaldi succeed against Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, and even Opera? It's a major challenge, especially when you don't have an operating system of your own.
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