Supertyphoon Juan devastates Northern Luzon
HAVING developed into a supertyphoon just before smacking into Isabela, Typhoon Juan (international name Megi) forced provincial officials on Monday to declare a state of calamity within three hours of landfall when it toppled power lines and trees, flooded large areas including farms, destroyed mobile phone repeaters, and blocked roads with landslides cutting off towns and cities from each other.
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2010 Town Council Candidates at Large: Baute – looks to cure energy ills
10/16/10 – Retired surgeon Peter Baute, former medical director of the Block Island Health Center and head of Oncology at Kent Hospital, is running as an independent for his third term on the Tow…
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Energy policy impasse looms in Congress
WASHINGTON For many guardians of the planet, the record 113-degree heat that cooked the Los Angeles area recently could be yet another consequence of global warming.
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U.S. energy policy may hinge on 2010 elections
Efforts to adopt an energy policy that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and U.S. dependence on foreign oil have hit a wall in Congress. A continued stalemate is likely if Republicans win control of either chamber in the Nov. 2 elections.
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