Gas Prices Jump Spark Debate Over Clean Air Rules
The spike in gasoline prices prompts Illinois and Wisconsin to consider suspending clean air rules while EPA reformulated gas adds about 10 cents a gallon. Analysts cite pipeline breaks, crude costs, and OPEC limits, with calls to investigate price fixing. Despite higher costs, keeping cleaner air is viewed as essential.
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Wisconsin
Environmental Protection Agency
Milwaukee
Chicago
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Ohio
Lorain County
Carol Browner
Federal Trade Commission
Midwest
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Northeast Ohio
Poland
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Residents argue for township-led wastewater plan in Lorain County
Fred Alspach of Lorain County Rural Wastewater District argues in support of local township governance for wastewater needs. He notes LORCO's 40 year Avon Lake treatment contract and references Rural Lorain County Water Authority, stressing townships’ efficiency and local control over costs.
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Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Cooperative Inc
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Avon Lake
Lorain County
Fred Alspach
Cleve land Pops Orchestra in Ely Square delight
Last Saturday evening in Ely Square the Cleveland Pops Orchestra offered a memorable program. First Merit Bank backed the concert, the park’s Dower baskets fountain and setting drew favorable remarks, and city police and seating logistics impressed attendees. The First Congregational Church hosted a warm up in its Great Hall, and audience comments favored a return visit.
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Asian Americans face bias in science and law cases
Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page surveys how Asian Americans have long faced prejudice from model minority to yellow peril. He ties Wen Ho Lee case to broader history, noting contradictory treatment of Lee and Deutch, calls for boycotts by scholarly groups, and the role of high tech competition and government rhetoric in shaping attitudes.
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Wen Ho Lee
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Lee
CIA
John Deutch
Berkeley
Ron Takaki
Pearl Harbor
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Little, Brown
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank Wu
Howard University Law School
Bill Richardson
Jeremy Wu
Gore email gap sparks broad political skepticism
Cal Thomas argues the missing Gore emails reflect White House mismanagement and possible malfeasance. He links a yearlong loss to contractor failures and cites testimony of Northrop Grumman employees warned against discussing the lapse. He questions credibility of White House explanations and notes other government data losses.
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Richard Nixon
Gore
Los Alamos National Laboratory
House Government Reform Committee
Northrop Grumman
Betty Lambuth
Lotus Notes Group
Robert Haas
Tennessee
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