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Board of Water Supply, City & County of Honolulu | List...
Rated • 1 review • gardening, landscaping • hbws.org
From the page: "The Halawa Xeriscape Garden
displays a series of xeric (dry) plants in a
residential-scale setting to demonstrate species
capable of providing a visually attractive garden,
while using less water than most currently popular
plants. It was opened to public in September 1989,
after several years of effort by the Board of Water
Supply, as a way to educate Oahu residents on ways
to save water in lawns, gardens, and landscaped areas."
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House leaders rebuff fellow Democrat's eco-friendly...
Rated • 1 review • politics, energy efficiency • mcclatchydc.com
From the page: "Democrats in the House of Rep-
resentatives lost another chink in their good-
government armor Friday, pressuring a fellow
Democrat to drop an eco-friendly effort to res-
trict taxpayer-funded congressional car leases.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., had hoped to require
House members to lease hybrids and other alter-
native-fuel vehicles if they wanted taxpayers to
foot the bill. He'd planned to introduce his pro-
posal as an amendment to a spending bill.
Cleaver was inspired by a McClatchy Newspapers inv-
estigation last year that found House members spend
more than $1 million a year on taxpayer-funded car
leases, plus insurance and gas. At the time, 136 of
the 435 House members, from both parties, leased cars
on the taxpayers' dime. Many drove expensive luxury
cars and gas-guzzling SUVs. The Senate doesn't per-
mit the practice.
But other Democrats told Cleaver on Wednesday to
withdraw his amendment, minutes before he was to
present it to the Rules Committee â€" the first
step in sending it to the House floor.
Congressional Democrats have seen their approval
ratings plummet to the mid-20s amid public frus-
tration over the lack of progress on their prom-
ised agenda. Republicans also have hammered Demo-
crats for failing to be as transparent as promised
in earmark changes on spending bills.
Republicans pounced Friday, criticizing Democrats
for being hypocritical.
"This new majority refused to allow Mr. Cleaver
the opportunity to even have his amendment heard,
to even have it debated here," Rep. David Dreier,
R-Calif., lamented on the House floor.
Cleaver's effort would have been an important
symbolic move, said Keith Ashdown of the non-
partisan Taxpayers for Common Sense."
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Moores Sicko Lands Blows on U.S. Health Care : NPR
Rated • 1 review • insurance, healthcare • npr.org
From the page: "Melissa Block sizes up Sicko -- as
entertainment and expose -- with film critic Bob
Mondello and science correspondent Joanne Silberner,
who covers the health industry for NPR."
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Study Finds 1.8 Million Veterans Are Uninsured -...
Rated • 0 reviews • healthcare • washingtonpost.com
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High court is good for business - Los Angeles Times
Rated • 0 reviews • business, justice • latimes.com
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When Democracy Disappoints: Does promoting peace in the...
Rated • 0 reviews • politics, iraq • reason.com
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The oil in your oatmeal / A lot of fossil fuel goes into...
Rated • 1 review • cooking, food, energy efficiency • sfgate.com
The oil in your oatmeal -- A lot of fossil
fuel goes into producing, packaging and
shipping our breakfast
by Chad Heeter
SF Chronicle
March 26, 2006
From the page: "Please join me for breakfast. It's
time to fuel up again.
On the table in my small Berkeley apartment this
morning is a healthy-looking little meal -- a bowl
of imported McCann's Irish oatmeal topped with
Cascadian Farms organic frozen raspberries, and a
cup of Peet's Fair Trade Blend coffee. Like most
of us, I prepare my breakfast at home, and the
ingredients for this one probably cost me about
$1.25. (If I went to a cafe in downtown Berkeley,
I'd probably have to add $6 more, plus tip, for
the same.)
My breakfast fuels me up with about 400 calories,
and it satisfies me. So for just over a buck and
half and an hour spent reading the morning paper
in my own kitchen, I'm energized for the next few
hours. But before I put spoon to cereal, what if
I consider this bowl of oatmeal porridge (to which
I've just added a little butter, milk and a shake
of salt) from a different perspective. Say, a Saudi
Arabian one...."
Please read the rest of this interesting article, here.
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California Health Care Reform - News. Insight. Debate. -...
Rated • 1 review • insurance, healthcare • calhealthreform.org
From the page: "Health reform in California is
high on the political agenda, and things are
moving fast. CalHealthReform.org was created
to help keep Californians up-to-date on the
major proposals, analyses, hearings, and news.
We also provide resources to help explain the
issues and a discussion forum where you can
share your ideas."
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Bush Pushes Iraq Oil Law for ExxonMobil | The Progressive
Rated • 0 reviews • politics • progressive.org
