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Buyers of Low-Fuel Cars Get a Sales Tax Exemption

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Posted by geri   
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
A new sales tax exemption that encourages Washington car shoppers to choose hybrids and alternative-fuel vehicles will save them an estimated $18.6 million over the next two years. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
 

Ruling Inspires New Hope For Transgender People

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Posted by Laura Schier   
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
With the decision by Maryland's highest court last week to block a referendum petition, Montgomery County's law banning discrimination against transgender people takes effect immediately. The measure, passed by the County Council last year, prohibits discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations to transgender people. (Washington Post)
 

Bangladesh Commits to Addressing Climate Change

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Posted by Cristina Frick   
Monday, 15 September 2008

Leaders in Bangladesh have created a National Climate Change Fund to help them anticipate the effects of climate change. The plan will also focus on the link between climate change, poverty, and health.

(read the full story at Environmental News Network)

 

San Antonio is Going Green with Sewage

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Posted by geri   
Sunday, 14 September 2008
San Antonio aims to become the first in the nation utility to capture and sell methane natural gas as renewable energy generated by treating the city's sewage -- enough to fill 1,250 tanker trucks every day. (NOTE: story below may take a few seconds to load.)
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2008 American Government Innovation Awards

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Posted by Christine Vestal, Stateline.org   
Thursday, 11 September 2008
innovative-government.gifSweeping the honors for this year’s Innovations in American Government Awards are three states: Missouri, for its successful approach to rehabilitating juvenile offenders; North Carolina, for its ambitious college preparation program for disadvantaged kids; and Arizona, for its one-of-a-kind prisoner re-entry system.

The awards, which highlight successful programs with the hope of replicating them elsewhere, are given by Harvard University 's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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