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In Phoenix, the Dark Side of ‘Green’ - NYTimes.com
THE struggle to slow global warming will be won or lost in cities, which emit 80 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases. So “greening” the city is all the rage now. But if policy makers end up focusing only on those who can afford the low-carbon technologies associated with the new environmental conscientiousness, the movement for sustainability may end up exacerbating climate change rather than ameliorating it.
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Wal-Mart Benefits From Anger Over Banking Fees - NYTimes.com
DICKSON CITY, Pa. — Americans say they are fed up with banks. They are protesting on Wall Street and raising a ruckus over outsize fees. Now there is a surprising beneficiary: Wal-Mart.
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Johnell Cremard, 18, in the Dickson City Wal-Mart. “I don't trust my bank,” she said. “They miscounted my money twice.”
Geoffrey Cardone, a 26-year-old factory worker, said he dumped his bank account because he felt that he was being nickeled and dimed by fees. His new payday ritual includes a trip to the Wal-Mart here in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
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