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Check out the AdventureCORPS Blog!
We archive our mail newsletter, and more, on the new AdventureCORPS Blog. You can also subscribe to our blog feed. Thus, to "double up" your likelihood of actually receiving the email newsletter, we suggest you sign up here AND on the blog. The blog, when it comes to you via the email feed, comes through more neatly, appearance-wise, includes some photos and such, and has more links to the blog archive. It's pretty neat. So sign up here, and there! Blog link.

Check out the "Rough Riders: Any Bike, Anywhere" Blog
The Rough Riders content is 90 to 100% different from the AdventureCORPS blog / email newsletter content, on average, and features tales of epic cycling and much more. Check it out, and sign up for its blog email feed, at this link.

Check out the new AdventureCORPS Gear: Death Valley jersey, Rough Riders jersey, Furnace Creek 508 jersey and vest, and AdventureCORPS arm warmers!. Click here to see the gear. Click here for the order form.

AdventureCORPS events happen not in a man-made stadium, but in the real world "out there." We care deeply about the natural world for we are intrinsically linked with it and because we want to enjoy these events in their awesome natural settings for a long, long time. Stay tuned to the Headlines section of this page for a steady stream of links to useful, informative, interesting, and entertaining stories about the venues for our events, the natural world in which they are held, the action heroes who work to protect them, and what you can do to support your own health and the health of the world "out there." We hope and plan to update this section at least four days a week on average, so bookmark this page and enjoy it with your morning tea, or while you're surfing at work, every day! (Also, we archive all the Headlines that move off the front page - after a week or so - to this archive page.)

We're looking for more one-of-a-kind photos of "AdventureCORPS Athletes in Action at AdventureCORPS events" for the Sightings section. Specifically, the photo subjects need to be wearing AdventureCORPS gear (508 jersey, Death Valley jersey, Badwater shirt, and the like) and the images must be "Truly Classic!" like the one of Keith Kostman during the 2004 Furnace Creek 508. Send us your great shots! We're looking for similar shots from events other than ours, too.

Need An Adventure Insight Infusion? Check out the "Quote For The Day" page for insights and inspiration!

Headlines

Rising fuel prices are a driving force for change - away from autos: "Only 7% of people in Los Angeles took public transportation to work in 2006, the last year for which figures are available, while 2.8% walked, 1.4% took a cab or motorcycled and 0.6% bicycled."

Are L.A. freeways the roads less-traveled?: "A sampling of residents, traffic reporters and technical data indicates that as gas prices climbed and the economy faltered, there were notable traffic decreases on some freeways."

NY bicycle commuters face an uphill climb: "With rising gas prices and concern over auto emissions, more workers are taking to two wheels. But they must navigate an obstacle course of anarchic traffic conditions. With rising oil prices and heightened concern about carbon emissions, riding a bicycle no longer seems quite so silly. The number of bicyclists has grown by 75% during the last seven years."

EPA may decide not to limit the amount of a toxin in water supplies: "An agency official tells a Senate committee that it's possible there will be no standard set for the amount of perchlorate allowed in drinking water."

A City Committed to Recycling Is Ready for More: "Mayor Gavin Newsom is competitive about many things, garbage included. When the city found out a few weeks ago that it was keeping 70 percent of its disposable waste out of local landfills, he embraced the statistic the way other mayors embrace winning sports teams, improved test scores or declining crime rates."

Are polar bears endangered? Judge says U.S. must decide

Are plastic bottles safe? Watch the video.

With Demand Slipping for Its Pickups and S.U.V.’s, G.M. Will Lay Off 3,550: "General Motors said Monday that it would slash production of big trucks and sport utility vehicles by nearly 140,000 units this year, a move that would eliminate assembly shifts at four plants and cause about 3,550 workers to be laid off."

UCLA study links poor health to fast-food neighbors: "Higher rates of diabetes and obesity occur in neighborhoods -- regardless of the residents' income, race or ethnicity -- where fast-food restaurants and convenience stores greatly outnumber grocery stores and produce vendors, according to a statewide study released today."

Running Out of Planet to Exploit: "Nine years ago The Economist ran a big story on oil, which was then selling for $10 a barrel. The magazine warned that this might not last. Instead, it suggested, oil might well fall to $5 a barrel. In any case, The Economist asserted, the world faced 'the prospect of cheap, plentiful oil for the foreseeable future.' Last week, oil hit $117."

A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions: Are toxic plastics lurking in your kitchen?"

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