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California’s desire to combat so-called global warming has led it to attack what it believes is deadly even if it is often silent – cow flatulence. According to an AP report, the self-proclaimed leading agricultural state is now focusing on what it calls “greenhouse gases” produced by dairy cows. In spite of opposition from farmers, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that regulates heat-trapping gases from livestock businesses for the first time. Cattle and other farm animals produce methane, a gas that is referred to as a greenhouse gas and alleged to be more potent than carbon dioxide as a...

In Harlem, fast-food restaurants are more prevalent than shops selling fresh vegetables, according to a city health report. Food stores in the area in upper Manhattan are mostly bodegas, and the small groceries are half as likely to carry low-fat dairy products as their counterparts in swankier neighborhoods and seven times less likely to sell fresh vegetables, the report said. Only 3 percent of corner stores in Harlem sell leafy green vegetables, compared to 20 percent on the nearby Upper East Side, it said. "Large health disparities exist between Harlem and other New York City neighborhoods, but we can close...

WASHINGTON -- Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., issued the following statement today regarding the resignation of FEMA Director Michael Brown. Sen. Landrieu said: "Michael Brown's resignation is more than understandable following the events of the past two weeks. But his action today will not alone solve all the problems that plagued the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina and the devastating floods that followed the levee breaches. The people of our nation, and in particular, the Gulf Coast, deserve and demand full accountability for this administration's missteps in protecting and helping Americans in need. Though the President has now addressed the...

WASHINGTON, March 11 (AFP) - Iran could be next in line for US attention after Iraq, lawmakers warned Tuesday, as the White House urged Tehran to sign the additional protocol to the international Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The protocol would subject Iran's nuclear sites to more rigorous accountability and inspections. President George W. Bush, in his 2002 State of the Union addess, described Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil", blasting them as a triumverate of rogue states that Washington might disarm to protect its interests as well as others. I think when the president spoke of the...