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Black celebrities who died of AIDS: We remember you
Black celebrities who died of AIDS: We remember you By Alexis Garrett Stodghill 4:21 PM on 12/01/2011 READ MORE: Celebrities , World AIDS Day , HIV , HIV AIDS , AIDS , Arthur Ashe , Alvin Ailey , Eazy E , Fela Kuti , Max Robinson COMMENT NOW Tennis star Arthur Ashe announces he has contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion. He died in February 1993 at age 50. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY /AFP/Getty Images) Black celebrities who have died of AIDS sometimes do not receive the attention that others lost...
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The Story of Cap and Trade
Cap and Trade Gives Massachusetts Economy Critical Boost, Defying Naysayers New report on a ten-state initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions shows the program is a success after three years. By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News Dec 14, 2011 Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick/Credit: Massachusetts Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs. The state of Massachusetts is quietly reaping the benefits of cap and trade, the much-maligned process for curbing greenhouse gas emissions that...
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Re: The Story of Cap and Trade
Wow!! This is really cool!!! And congratulations to Gov. Patrick for having the insight to develop the state into such a worthwhile project!! It's also really sad how many politicians (and the oil industry) are willing to kill us off little by little with toxic fuels and environmentally-damaging energy solutions .... just to preserve their all-mighty financial bottom lines and profit margins!! But once they have destroyed us ... who do they think will be around to buy their product??