Word: actioner
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...from now until the end of the world, it's becoming increasingly difficult to see how cap and trade could be finalized before the Copenhagen summit begins in December. And given how controversial cap and trade remains even among many Democrats in the Senate - Republicans remain almost unanimously opposed - action in the election year of 2010 might be even tougher. (Watch a TIME Climate Central video...
Three main lessons present themselves. First, our complex financial system is awfully fragile. Second, government action is capable of keeping a financial panic from snowballing into a complete economic disaster along the lines of the Great Depression. Third, the government has - in large part because of its success in averting disaster - found it difficult to take any actions that would make the financial system less fragile in the future. That would, apparently, be too much government intervention...
...weakly compensated world of environmental science and activism. Rather, she wants us to see those winners as role models at a time when news of the environment can seem unremittingly dark. "This is a message of hope," says Heinz. "I want this to push people into action...
...program is that, with it, Harvard has shared some of its incredible academic resources with the rest of the world and has invited the public to join its unique academic community. Just as “Justice” itself urges students to reconsider their beliefs and approaches to action, it is good to see Harvard open its long-closed gates in dialogue with the local and national communities...
...intervention program has recently been introduced to the Harvard campus as a extension of further disciplinary action and drug use prevention. The electronic THC Online Knowledge Experience, or e-TOKE, is an online “assessment and feedback tool designed to reduce marijuana use among college students,” according to the e-TOKE website. Sound familiar? Welcome to Alcohol EDU II: Weed Edition...