T. Boone Pickens Unveils The Pickens Plan - A Sweeping, Innovative Plan to Address National Energy Dependency Crisis [  ] A Sweeping,, 2008  T. Boone Pickens announced today that he is launching a bold and decisive bipartisan public policy campaign on energy designed to address the single biggest crisis facing America today: our growing and dangerous dependence on foreign oil. The objective of this plan - The Pickens Plan - is to underscore the need to declare a national emergency and develop governmental leadership that will address ... Read More ...

MCOT English News World Heritage Certificate for Bam and its cultural landscape to be given today [ MCOT ] English News, 2008  Tehran, July 7 - A ceremony to hand over the UNESCO World Heritage Certificate for Bam and its Cultural Landscape heritage property will take place in Bam city today, UN Information Center said. Read More ...

Trump's Adventures in the Land of Golf [ NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance ] Jul 06, 2008  Donald Trump's project for a golf resort on the northeast coast of Scotland, near Aberdeen, hangs in the balance as environmentalists say the rugged coastline should be left undisturbed. Read More ...

Parents Helping Parents to feature estate planning discussion [ The Norman Transcript ] Jul 07, 2008  A local attorney is slated as guest speaker at the next meeting of Parents Helping Parents.The Norman Chapter of Parents Helping Parents meets 7 p.m. Thursday at the Education Center at Norman Regional Hospital, 901 N. Read More ...

Seven plans TiVo launch in Australia [ Digital Television Group ] Jul 07, 2008  Seven Media Group, one of Australia's leading integrated media companies, and TiVo Inc, a provider of digital video recorders, has unveiled plans for the launch of TiVo in Australia. Read More ...

50-year conservation plan covers all bases, except cost [ Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune ] Jul 08, 2008  The unprecedented report, the product of 18 months of expert effort, offers advice on all aspects of saving Minnesota's resources. Next, politicians will respond. Read More ...

Bonuses denied to apartment developers [ Whitehorse Star Daily ] Jul 08, 2008  Developers will not get the bonuses for constructing apartment buildings to more environmentally-friendly standards that other residential developments in the new Arkell expansion and Stan McCowan subdivisions will be eligible for. Read More ...

More News [ Gazette.Net ] Jul 08, 2008  Each year as part of a community outreach project, Brickman chooses a site that is in need of landscape improvements. Members of the company's Gaithersburg corporate office worked with a landscape crew to prepare flower beds and mulching materials around the school. Read More ...

Painting her way across the country [ Laramie Boomerang ] Jul 08, 2008  Those who live year-round surrounded by Wyoming's open spaces get used to the landscape, and it's easy to forget that for many people in the United States, miles of unobstructed views and empty vistas can be overwhelming. Read More ...

Sugar Creek Preserve emphasizes conservation [ The Janesville Gazette ] Jul 08, 2008  Conservation subdivisions, like Sugar Creek Preserve, aim to preserve land instead of grading hills and obliterating wetlands, woodlands and other natural features to make room for streets and houses. Read More ...

East Bay rationing plans calls for increase [ Oakland Tribune ] Jul 09, 2008  The East Bay's largest water district will raise rates by 10 percent and impose surcharges on customers who do not conserve water. Read More ...

Same-Sex Couples Make Own Wedding Rituals [ The Lakeland Ledger ] Jul 09, 2008  Since California began issuing marriage certificates to same-sex couples earlier this month, questions about wedding rituals and etiquette - not just politics - have grown faster than a wedding reception guest list. With no long-established gay wedding traditions, partners-to-be and the wedding industry are making it up as they go along. Read More ...

Belle Plaine Visioning Committee to review concept plan draft [ South Benton Star-Press ] Jul 9, 2008  Belle Plaine residents will have the opportunity this month to review the final conceptual landscape design created through the Community Visioning Program, in which Belle Plaine has been a participant since April. Read More ...

McKinney Calendar and News Briefs [ McKinney Courier-Gazette ] Jul 9, 2008  Believe it or not, July 4 is only a week away, and the city of McKinney and Craig Ranch are planning a two-day celebration of the United States' 232nd birthday. Read More ...

Native plants offer colorful choices for home landscapes [ Park Hills Daily Journal ] Jul 9, 2008  One of the easiest ways to get started with native plants and solve a common landscape problem is to start trying some woodland flowers beneath those tall trees where the grass doesn't really like to grow. Read More ...