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The Boulder Stand Index: Info to Mull Over as 2011 Winds Down

the U.S. spent $52 billion on damages from 12 separate weather/ climate disasters.

By Marissa McNatt From the hype around the Keystone Pipeline’s potential for job creation, to the whopping tax breaks given to oil companies, these are some of the numbers and statements that caught our attention this year. Our index offers food for thought on environmental issues as 2011 comes to a close. 1) Record-breaking amount the …

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