by James Heflin | May 28, 2009 | News
When I was a kid in Texas, my grandmother lived for a while in a house equipped with a house fan. The thing was quite a novelty—central air is required for life to continue in that molten state of the Union. That anyone lived there before air conditioning is a...
by Mary Serreze | May 28, 2009 | News
We've all seen it, in our visits to friends and relatives who live in the 'burbs. Astro-turfish lawns consisting of millions of soldier-straight, identical blades. Stern injunctions to the children and teenagers: no frisbee, no football, please. ChemLawn...
by Mary Serreze | May 28, 2009 | News
Federal Residential Renewable Energy Tax CreditTaxpayers may claim a credit of 30 percent of net qualified expenditures, after state rebates, for residential solar, wind, geothermal or fuel-cell-based systems. Systems put on line before January, 2009, are subject to a...
by Maureen Turner | May 28, 2009 | News
Fewer than 13 percent of workers in the U.S. today belong to a labor union, a statistic that anti-union forces will point to as evidence that unions are relics of the past, and no longer appeal to most Americans.But a new report from Cornell University suggests...
by Tom Vannah | May 28, 2009 | News
My wife and I have nearly gone organic. Our gardens have remained largely free of commercial fertilizers and insecticides. Our lawn has never, in the years we've been caring for it, tasted weed killer or turf builder. The water we use for irrigation, drawn from an...
