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...Even if he wins support for the canal, other Lee initiatives could bog down. South Korea's notoriously prickly labor unions are vehemently against ratification of a free-trade agreement with the U.S. signed last year; Lee, who unlike his predecessor Roh Moo Hyun is unabashedly pro-America, says the agreement would increase trade. He also supports ongoing efforts to privatize the energy sector and railroads, which union members have vowed to fight. "We don't agree with the policies of the new government," says Lee Chang Geun, the international executive director of the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions...
...University has also reached an agreement with Massachusetts to keep its greenhouse gas emissions low as it embarks on the construction of a new campus in Allston. In exchange for Harvard's keeping emissions at half the national standard for the project, the Commonwealth will fast track regulatory approval for much of the construction...
...residents. In contrast, Boston formed a mayor-appointed taskforce of Allston residents in 2006 to consult with the University on its expansion plans, and Harvard has negotiated extensively with the city about the benefits that the University will provide to the community. Harvard and Boston are currently nearing an agreement that would provide Allston with up to $24 million in benefits. While Princeton’s preliminary plans to renovate nearly 40 percent of its campus by 2016 were released in January, a 180-page book released Monday, “Princeton Campus Plan: The Next Ten Years and Beyond...
...Charlesview complex. Harvard’s Director of Community Relations for Boston Kevin A. McCluskey ’76 said that the work of developing the new Charlesview should be left to Community Builders, Inc. “We worked very cooperatively with the board to craft this agreement and to maintain Charlesview as an important housing resource for the community,” he said. “But at this stage, it is now a project that is to be proposed by the Charlesview board and developers.” Boston Redevelopment Authority spokeswoman Jessica Shumaker said that...
...hadn’t been fortunate enough to have that agreement it would have been a lot more difficult,” she said...