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Worth Their Salt?
A taste test of seven 'natural' frozen dinners
As a busy political reporter for a certain online environmental news organization, Kate Sheppard finds she doesn't always have time to cook a full meal. Curious about the alternatives, she tested seven "natural" frozen meals, from organic mac 'n' cheese to Indian tofu. They're not the TV dinners of old, but are they worth choking down? Find out in today's Bottom Line.
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TODAY'S NEWS
Emit One
E.U. agrees on emission rules for cars
The European Union has reportedly struck a deal with the bloc's automakers, agreeing to rules that would see car manufacturers cut their fleets' greenhouse-gas emissions 18 percent by 2015 and 40 percent by 2020. The E.U. had proposed a tougher standard last year, but heavy lobbying from automakers successfully diluted the goals.
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source: Reuters
Warning Warming
Climate juggernaut on the horizon, U.N. talks told
War, hunger, poverty, and sickness will stalk humanity if the world fails to tackle climate change, a 12-day U.N. conference on global warming heard on Monday. A volley of grim warnings sounded out at the start of the marathon talks, a step to a new worldwide treaty to reduce greenhouse gases and help countries exposed to the wrath of an altered climate.
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source: Agence France-Presse
Well, Pardon Me
President Bush pardons man convicted of killing bald eagles
A man convicted of accidentally killing three bald eagles in the 1990s was pardoned by President Bush last week. Leslie Owen Collier of Missouri left hamburger poisoned with pesticide to kill some coyotes, but many of the animals that then ate the coyotes also died, including a red-tailed hawk, a great horned owl, and three bald eagles.
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source: The Washington Post
Wee Won?
Ford planning shift to small cars, company says
Ford Motor Co. is planning a significant product shift that will focus on the manufacture of small, fuel-efficient cars in lieu of its largely failed strategy since the 1990s to churn out mostly large vehicles like trucks and SUVs. Ford's plan is meant to woo Congress into granting the Big Three U.S. automakers a much-needed $25 billion loan package.
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source: The Wall Street Journal
Heartin' Sol
Massive solar installation completed in Southern California
California's largest solar-panel installation was completed this week atop a warehouse in Southern California; 600,000 square feet of solar panels will produce enough electricity to power some 1,300 homes. The installation is the first in the utility Edison's ambitious plan to affix solar panels on some two square miles of rooftops in the state.
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source: Associated Press
Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut
Greens go nuts at U.N. climate talks
Green groups upped the pressure at U.N. climate talks in Poland on Monday with wacky stunts aimed at prodding delegates from around the world to get moving on a new deal to tackle global warming. The World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, welcomed the almost 11,000 participants at the 12-day talks in Poznan by handing out walnuts and urging them to "crack the climate nut" and overcome negotiation deadlock.
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source: Agence France-Presse
Cut and Forest
Brazil sets plan to cut deforestation by 70 percent over 10 years
The Brazilian government on Monday announced a plan under which it would cut deforestation of the Amazon by 70 percent over the next decade. It is the first time Brazil, home to the largest area of tropical woodland on the planet, has set a target for reducing the damage wreaked by illegal loggers and ranchers.
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source: Agence France-Presse
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