According to a staff report in the superb ‘Rutland Herald’ print and online newspaper,
Federal authorities have blocked some seventeen different states, which are led by Vermont and California - from establishing their own seperate automobile emissions standards in order slow global warming
and improve breathing air for everybody.
States have been instructed to rely instead on a brand new national law, rather than implement their own standards, the EPA head Stephen Johnson said in a statement. In fact, they went as far as to deny a needed waiver which would have granted states their own authority
for establishing standards in regards to how much in the way of harmful emmisions that different kinds of automobiles can potentially produce.
Governor James Douglas however, whose has placed the tougher standards in place in Vermont and, with the help of Attorney General William Sorrell’s office, has defended them, stated that they would mull over their various legal options.
He said that “The EPA ruling is out of touch with the reality of climate change and the innovative state policies that are emerging to address it. It is very unfortunate that this agency, (which is) charged with protecting the environment, opted not to act with the environmental stewardship American’s expect of it,”.
The emissions standards have been a main flagship and primary pillar of the governors work to lower the stae of Vermonts’ contribution to the global warming and emissions problem which affects everyone throughout the nation and world as whole.
Despite these setbacks, there is some reason for environmental optimism, fortunately. For example,
many technology industries are pushing hard towards making a profit out of solving the whole global warming phenomenon.
Firms as varied and diverse as eSolar, Solel, Nanosolar, Honda, GE, Vestas, Aracruz, and numerous more are commiting a lot of time and capital into renewable energy, transportation, and various products which are aligned with intelligent and sustainable development.
As a matter of fact, each leading industry is making significant investments in the solutions that the planet so desperately needs.
According to a WCAX News story out of Burlington, Vermont,
the EPA has issued a decision saying that California did not make an adequate case regarding the setting up of stricter emissions standards. As it happens, this decision comes as a blow to the seventeen
states which had been hoping to enact such standards in upcoming weeks.
Jim Douglas, a republican representative from the state stated that “I expected and anticipated that the EPA would grant the waiver to California so that we could implement those more rigorous standards as quickly as possible.”
Vermont and the other states were acting on a federal court decision issued last month which stated that the states can in fact mandate that automobile manufacturers upgrade their carbon dioxide emissions quality standards for automobiles as well as
order restrictions on bigger trucks for the very first time in history. That is relatively big news of itself, in my opinion.
However, the EPA claims that the bill in question passed by Congress earlier in the week will in fact force improved regulations. For one thing, this bill mandates that all automobiles to achieve thirty-five miles to a gallon by 2020.
Bill Sorrell, the democratic Vermont Attorney general says that the decision ” can’t be arbitrary, capricious, it’s gotta be reasonable in it’s decision….”
Furthermore, Sorrell also states that the state is ready and willing to join California in appealing the EPA decision. What that basically means is yet another long legal battle regarding the problem of who has control over emissions standards in general.
To this point, the states of California, New York, and Vermont are the lone 3 states which have stated that they will appeal this decision.
In addition to this, Sorrell fully anticipates some additional states to move forward also.
The Microsoft Corporation has releases
it’s much anticipated Windows Server 2008 virtualization technology Hyper-V.
It has also released it ahead of schedule, a rarity for the Washington State based software giant.
Hyper-V, which is also sometimes referred to as simply “Viridian,” is currently ready for download from Microsoft’s corporate site and can now be used with the x64 beta version of Windows Server 2008. T
This particular technology, known as a a hypervisor, is essentially the underlying virtualization technology for the server release, which is a significant upgrade which, if all goes well, should be released on February 27 of next year.
Hyper-V makes the most of virtualization-enhanced microprocessors from the Intel Corporation and AMD and is supposed to help Microsoft compete with the virtualization leader of the field: VMware. In fact, they already has hypervisor technology available for sale.
Hypervisors permit cross-platform support so server computers may run a variety of versions of different OSes like Windows and Linux, for example, side by side on a single piece of hardware.
According to a recent research study reported on several online News networks,
a whole new generation of superfoods has been established for those tired of the usual fare.
Baylor University dietitian Stephanie Dean, R.D. beleives that the humble Kiwi fruit from
new Zealand is at the top of the list. This particular fruit is quite high in
antioxidants, vitamin E plus lutein and thus helps with vision effeciency, blood clots while
apparently helping to normalize cholesterol as well. The grain barley also ranks qvery high on her list.
The USDA found that barley specifically could lower your LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol by 17.4 percent.
Cranberries also rate extremely high on the list of superfoods. They are rich in
Flavonoids which are a type of antioxidant that helps to ward off many maladies from infections to strokes.
Speaking of berries, another major player is the Goji berry which comes from high up in the Himilayan mountain
region. The goji berry, also known as the wolf berry, is of course where goji juice is derived from.
Researcher Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D states that Goji juice is definately one of the world’s most powerful anti-aging food.
He says that the reason for this is that goji is the only plant which has the four unique polysaccharides—which are molecules very important to the immune system.
Drinking the juice is generally more practical than eating the berries because 1 liter of Goji Juice has the polysaccharides equivalent of more than two pounds of fresh goji berries. You can find out more at Goji Juice Planet
Another major superfood happens to be broccoli sprouts. Surprisingly, this item has twenty percent more anti-cancer agents than regular broccoli. They are
sold by the package and may be added liberally to salads or can be a superb addition to sandwiches. Another one is kefir, which
has just as much calcium as milk while also containing the beneficial bacteria that is found in yogurt.
