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Member Alert |
Another Alert About Addresses: This Time, Better World Club's Address
We won't tell the bank that you moved...
But if you use online banking, we might need you to tell them we moved.
And, speaking of addresses: yes, That's Mr. Better World Club to you!
Online banking is pretty convenient. It doesn't require sifting through dozens of return envelopes, there are no stamps to remember, there's no danger of a paper cut when sealing envelopes… But, everything is
not rosy in the world of digital banking.
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AAA Watch |
Calling All Greenerds: A 21st Century Quandry
AAA Hires A PR Firm To Edit Its Wikipedia Entry
Wait a Minute, What the Heck's a "Greenerd"?
Most of you are familiar with Wikipedia, the Internet's "open-source" encyclopedia. Wikepedia has a policy regarding creating or editing an article about yourself: "It is strongly discouraged".
Wikipedia adds that "It is difficult to write neutrally about yourself. Therefore it is considered proper on Wikipedia to let others do the writing."
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Member Specials |
Green Hawaii
Better World Club Members Receive a 5% Discount When Renting Bio-Beetles In Maui
Bio-Beetle is the first company in the world to offer rental cars fueled exclusively with biodiesel. They currently offer biodiesel rentals on the Hawaiian island of Maui and Los Angeles California. Their
rental cars are unmodified Volkswagen New Beetles, Golf's, Jettas and a Passat.
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Related Links
The Bio-Beetle discount was also featured in the
August edition of 'TravelCool', BWC's monthly travel enewsletter.
Click here to sign up for TravelCool!
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Top Story |
 BWC To Publish Consumer Reviews of Highest- Mileage Vehicles
Lazy 'Kicking Asphalt' Writers Can't Be Bothered To Do Their Own Research, Try To Pass Buck On To Members
Conscientious 'Kicking Asphalt' Writers To Solicit Comments From Members
Each autumn, the auto makers announce their new products. What makes this autumn different? Better World Club is launching a new service for its members: Consumer reviews of high-mileage vehicles.
Every month BWC will publish a new review of a high-mileage vehicle. The reviews will include information about fuel efficiency, recall statistics, pricing, and more. We'd also like our members to reply with their own comments and
opinions.
Specifically, we'd like to hear from BWC members who have experience with high-mileage vehicles (owning them, selling them, stealing them, whatever). We'd like you to share anecdotes, opinions, rumors, and statistics. Member comments
will be compiled and posted on our website. Each month we'll feature a new high-mileage model, and yes, we will also publish reviews of high-mileage fuels (biodiesel, ethanol, etc.).
We've started the ball rolling with our review of the Prius in the "Do You Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is?" (
below)section of this newsletter. Take a look, and send us your comments if you have anything to say about the Prius – good, bad, and/or ugly.
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Partners |
Co-Op Power is a consumer-owned cooperative building sustainable energy resources in New England and New York. Energy cooperatives are well established in rural areas (usually called rural electric cooperatives). If you are in the New
England/upstate New York area, check out the cooperative and help support a local energy organizations planning to build biodiesel plants, wind turbines, and large solar arrays to provide affordable clean energy for generations to come.
To join there is a $25 annual fee plus a one-time, refundable membership share price for $975, payable over two years. There are discounted shares for farmers and low income families. Member volunteers have developed so many great
discounts and rebates that membership can pay for itself. The solar hot water kits alone can save you $300 to $600. See
CoOpPower.coop or call toll free 877-266-7543 for more information! Join Co-op Power and help change the way we power our world.
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Nature Says Bush Administration Blocks Report Linking Hurricanes to Global Warming
Administration Claims Only Part of Report Leaked
Full Report Says that Global Warming Will Be Discouraged If Al Gore Doesn't Win
The Bush administration has blocked release of a  report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the
journal Nature reported Tuesday.
The possibility that warming conditions may cause storms to become stronger has generated debate among climate and weather experts, particularly in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
In the new case, Nature said weather experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, part of the Commerce Department...
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While Administration Disses Gore, Congress Is Channeling Him
Congress, it appears, is channeling Al Gore. After years of debating whether global warming was real or a hoax, the House and Senate staged six hearings this week on how the government should respond to climate
change.
And the Bush administration, which has downplayed the threat of global warming during its six years in office, released a 244-page strategic report this week laying out plans to address the rapid warming of the planet.
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More Washington Watch in Driving Change:
- Bush Administration Plans Even Bigger EPA Cuts For ‘08: Everything from Libraries to Laboratories Face Chopping Block. |
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In The Public Interest
NHTSA's Past and Potential
By RALPH NADER
Monday, September 18. 2006
Forty years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in a ceremony at the White House, which included me, signed into law the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. Thus, for the first time, the giant auto industry was
no longer exclusively able to decide the margins of casualties in crashes. It had to meet mandatory federal safety standards.
Before the signing ceremony, a New York Times reporter called me and expected that I would have a statement. I had worked with him and other reporters for months on the developing, blockbuster story of auto safety suppression and the
battles with the auto companies and their suave lawyer, Lloyd Cutler, in the Senate and in the House of Representatives.
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BWC High-Mileage Review: The Toyota Prius