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CommentaryNew Life for Dead Ships
Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Jun 4, 2008 | Tags: california, pollution, yard, mothball fleet, suisun bay, battleships, shipyard, vallejo | 1
An environmental lawsuit is forcing MARAD to clean up “The Mothball Fleet,” a storage of decommissioned warships floating in the waters of Suisun Bay. The problem leaves many scratching heads, wondering what to do with the massive relics.
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CommentarySolving Civic Problems in a Post-Fact Society
Dave Steele | Thu, Apr 24, 2008 | Tags: dave steele, milwaukee, environment, infrastructure, taxpayers, pollution, sewerage, talk radio | 8
In an age when facts don’t matter, how do cities build the consensus to make big plans? In a public sphere heavily influenced by talk radio and other media outlets, such as local blogs, where there is no clear line between fact and opinion, where outright falsehoods are presented as legitimate opinions, the billons of dollars in investment in Milwaukee’s Deep Tunnel are now deemed a massive waste.
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HeadlinesKing Corn, Sexual Abuse Victims Confront Benedict, East LA’s Taco Trucks, more
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 | Tags: los angeles, construction, beijing, pollution, olympics, corn, sexual abuse, street vendors, clean electricity, pope, sunlight, agribusiness, mirrors, catholic church, yale, tacos | 1
Los Angeles cracks down on taco vendors, mirrors are the next big thing in sustainable energy, Yale grads release documentary on the pervasiveness of corn in American agribusiness, and more
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