LOS ANGELES — As a resident of parched California, Angela Bassett is used to playing water warden at home.
“I’m a mom with (twin) kids, 9-year-olds, trying to teach them how to wash dishes, how to wash clothes” in a time of drought, the actress said. “And to turn out the lights. I feel like the father figure in ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night,’ saying, ‘Turn that light off!’”
As the director of “Water Apocalypse,” she’s talking to a bigger audience about water crises here and around the world and the technological advances that may help resolve them.
The hour-long program is part of “Breakthrough,” a six-part series on scientific innovation from filmmaking partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.

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A Florida’s Supreme Court decision Thurday could clear the way for a program that would finance energy improvements at homes and businesses in Broward County .

The court rejected a challenge to the PACE program from the Florida Bankers Association, saying the group did not have standing to to fight it.
PACE stands for Property Assessed Clean Energy. The program lets people borrow to cover the upfront costs of new roofs, hurricane windows or other energy upgrades and then pay back the loans with their property taxes, much like an assessment. Sometimes, the savings on electric bills from upgrades are big enough to pay back the full cost of the loans.
Florida bankers had concerns that PACE loans would be repaid before mortgages, but the Supreme Court did not address that issue in its ruling. The Obama administration has been working with federal agencies to address repayment questions and to encourage PACE lending nationwide.

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From cupcake samples to free cosmetic makeup sessions, Greater Kendall Business Association members hosted hundreds of visitors during the organization’s 10th annual Expo, Oct. 15, on the third floor of the Lexus of West Kendall dealership at SW 136th Street and 137th Avenue. A host of sponsors once again joined to provide a premiere networking …
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney Worldhas revamped its annual and season pass system, raising their prices and making changes.
Multiple media outlets report that Disney has increased prices, with the passes including new benefits, such as free parking for annual pass holders. Disney now sells two passes with blackout dates, with the pricier one allowing people to visit more days.
The $329 seasonal pass is now gone.
Instead there are gold and silver passes, costing $389 and $549, respectively for Florida residents.
The platinum plus pass, which has no blackout dates, is now $729 for state residents, and includes admission to four Walt Disney World theme parks, two water parks and other attractions.

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