From November 15, 2006 thru February 6, 2007, the North Lake Tahoe Express, the new local airport shuttle, has already had 5,546 passenger rides, exceeding initial projections.
The Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide definitely is a pollutant in the Court’s first ever global- warming case. The case Massachusetts v. EPA was brought about in when the EPA made motions to remove carbon dioxide from its list of known air pollutants.
~ Grist.org, April 2, 2007
Americans aren’t the most obese people on Earth. We rate ninth, with 74.1 percent of adults (over 15 years old) considered overweight. There are currently 1.6 billion overweight adults in the world, with that number projected to grow by 40 percent in the next 10 years.
~ Forbes.com, February 8, 2007
Americans consume 10 million cut flowers per day. However, on a per capita basis, we still spend less in a year on flowers than Europeans do at $25.90 per year (whereas citizens of Norway and Switzerland spend more than $70 and $100 per year respectively).
~ Flower Confidential
Until a recent handgun smuggling incident by employees, airport workers were allowed to enter restricted areas without passing through security checkpoints.
~ The Week, April 6, 2007
Despite a scramble, the military reached their recruitment requirements in 2006 by doubling enlistment bonuses to $40,000, offering augmented college scholarships, raising the maximum age requirement to 42, accepting recruits with a lower score on the aptitude test, and enlisting convicted criminals.
~ The Week, March 30, 2007
