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Down To Earth archive for March 3, 2009

TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009

Looking back, moving forward

A century ago, it was the most efficient way to travel the streets of Spokane. Walking near Manito you can see the tracks embedded in brick where the pavement is open, the final remaining physical evidence of an electric trolley car system. Although it began…

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Tuesday Video

Harnessing the awesome power of the word clean. For your Tuesday Video pleasure, here's a subject that continues to be one of the biggest jokes around "our office" Clean Coal, as done by two of our favorites, the Coen Brothers. The above video is from…

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The $790-billion pie

Everyone wants a piece of the stimulus package, and as we reported last week, there is a significant amount of pie available in the recovery that addresses green investments - money for energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy projects, and green jobs. The recovery is also…

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