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Each retrofit starts with an audit. Teachers and pupils are taught to measure how much energy and water are consumed at their school and how much solid waste is produced. Through classroom guides and training sessions, Destination Conservation staff members then identify behavioral changes that kids and teachers can make--turning off lights after use, recycling cafeteria plates--to cut waste. The kids monitor the effects; typically, utility bills fall...
...Environmentalists have criticized the bank for funding large development projects that have had a negative impact on the environment. The bank has attempted to answer these too, instituting an "environmental audit" of all of its programs in recent years...
...also agreed that, with the results of a state audit of district finances in hand, the budget process will be especially exacting this year. Many committee members say they need to take a "critical look" at why Cambridge has high per-pupil spending but test scores below state averages...
...confusion come from? My best explanation is that the confusion stems from misunderstanding and the saturation of one-sided arguments that were quoted in previous issues of campus publications. Secondly, wrong or incomplete information has created the illusion of violations where none ever existed. The purpose of the audit was not to vindicate us, nor to punish us. The intent of the audit was to truthfully get to the bottom of all of the allegations. In previous pieces published in The Crimson, opposing campaign members have lost the "truth-seeking" spirit. There was a reference to the Harvard University Mail...
...will unions learn from the sins of the past that contributed to a decades-long decline in membership? It appears the answer is no. The New York Times reported Friday that an in-house audit by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the nation's second largest union, found corruption and embezzlement in dozens of its locals across the nation. The boss of one local that includes New York City's school crossing guards and cafeteria workers has been indicted for draining over $2 million from the union's coffers. AFSCME's leadership says such corruption...