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Source:NACLA
For the first time since Chile’s return to democracy, the country’s ruling political coalition may lose the presidency. The centrist “Concertación” coalition is being challenged from both the left and the right, facing perhaps its toughest electoral battle yet. Previous elections have been mostly battled out between a consensus Concertación candidate and a right-wing opponent. [...]

By Marce Cameron
Compact fluorescent light globes are as bright as incandescent globes but consume 75-80% less energy and last 5-10 years. If every one of 110 million US households replaced just one 60-watt incandescent globe with a compact fluorescent, the energy saved would be enough to power a US city of 1.5 million people — [...]