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NEWS THIS WEEK
Katrina's Last Laugh: Winter Blackouts Likely
According to a report released last week by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA), a trade association representing gas pipeline companies, the impact of the recent harsh hurricane season on the Gulf coast may mean natural gas shortages in coming months, just as utilities and homeowners buckle down for a colder-than-expected winter.
Reporting by Roddy Scheer
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2981

Massachusetts Agrees to Force Automakers to Limit Emissions
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney announced last week that the Commonwealth has joined a bloc of seven other U.S. states in attempts to force automakers to produce cars and trucks with less of the emissions that are exacerbating global warming and other pollution-related environmental ills. California moved first by proposing the stricter standards last year, but the automakers have challenged the constitutionality of that statewide initiative in the courts.
Reporting by Roddy Scheer
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2982

THIS WEEK'S COMMENTARY
Memo From the President's Environmental Task Force
As part of our overall strategy of reducing government to a size where it can be drowned in a bathtub (as our friend Grover Norquist puts it), we should take every opportunity to slash budgets in every agency, particularly the Environmental Protection Agency and the Fish and Wildlife Service. One effective way to do that is to ask Congress for less money than the agencies want....
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2983

GREEN LIVING
The Hot Hybrids
Detroit Scoffed, but the Gas/Electrics Are Here to Stay
The hybrid vehicle market the pundits predicted would never get off the ground instead grew 960 percent from 2000 to 2005. More than 80,000 hybrids were registered in 2004, an 80 percent jump from 2003. How big can the hybrid market get? J.D. Power and Associates sees sales of 535,000 by 2010. Toyota executives anticipate selling a million a year.The hybrid vehicle market the pundits predicted would never get off the ground instead grew 960 percent from 2000 to 2005. More than 80,000 hybrids were registered in 2004, an 80 percent jump from 2003. How big can the hybrid market get? J.D. Power and Associates sees sales of 535,000 by 2010. Toyota executives anticipate selling a million a year.
By Jim Motavalli
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2941

FEATURES
Harnessing the Waves
The notion that ocean tides can be harnessed to create pollution-free electricity is making a crucial jump from drawing board to reality. State and federal regulators have approved a plan to install six underwater turbines in New York City. It’s the first grid-connected, multi-turbine source of tidal energy in the world.
By Daniel Hendrick
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2920

EARTHTALK
Week of 12/04/2005
Dear EarthTalk: What are the implications of the increased breakup of Antarctica’s large floating ice shelves in recent years?Dear EarthTalk: Are there any environmentally friendly alternatives to aerosol spray dusters?
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?2976

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