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PennFuture Calls on State Legislature to Pass Clean Energy Bills to ...

But unlike California, our existing laws have created a detour on that road. We can only get to those green jobs by getting our legislators to act to remove the roadblocks." Van Jones is an environmental leader and civil rights attorney whose presentation tonight is sponsored by the Urban Sustainability Forum. Jones is the founder and president of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, CA, which promotes integrated solutions to urban America's toughest problems: social inequality and environmental destruction. Jones is promoting a national green-collar jobs initiative to create "green pathways out of poverty," while greatly expanding the coalition fighting global warming. PennFuture, which is about to mark the tenth anniversary of the organization's founding, is a statewide public interest membership organization that advances policies to protect and improve the state's environment and economy.

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Officials with the Iowa Department of Transportation have said the state should pump an additional $200 million into its roads and bridge fund, at a minimum, to maintain the current system.In response to the DOT’s request, lawmakers this year are considering a hodgepodge of road-related fee increases, including a boost in the cost of Iowans’ annual vehicle registration fees, to generate the needed funds. But getting a majority of lawmakers to vote to increase fees on taxpayers during an election year may prove to be difficult.If funding isn’t increased, the state’s bridges will continue to deteriorate, DOT spokeswoman Dena Gray-Fischer said.The DOT replaces or makes significant repairs to about 20 bridges each year, although only 15 are slated for such improvements this year.At the same time, the DOT estimates that between 20 and 30 bridges become structurally deficient each year.

Cyber love lost in Russian bride scam

An online Russian dating scam that Canadian police say has organized crime roots has bilked men of thousands of dollars.

Francis's e-mail correspondence with Irina grew intimate and after weeks passed was filled with declarations of love such as, "I need you like a fish needs water, like a bird needs wings.