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...Democratic presidential candidate to campus. The hour-long question-and-answer session dealt primarily with global warming, the legitimacy of the U.S. electoral process, and the war in Iraq. “As president, I will ask the American people to participate in our own conservation policy, an energy audit of our own personal lives,” Kucinich said, outlining his plan for bilateral trade conditioned on workers’ rights and environmental quality principles. Kucinich called for decreasing reliance on coal, oil, and nuclear energy by suggesting the introduction of solar and wind technologies for mass consumption...
...June commencement date. In February, Gross had a roundtable discussion with international students about the College’s plan. After international seniors informed the Harvard International Office last month of their need for an H-1B visa, the Office of the Registrar completed an accelerated grade audit for each student. The College also e-mailed students’ professors to encourage them to help students complete course requirements as soon as possible. But approximately 30 international students were unable to apply for a visa and have been left to seek other solutions. Pamela C. Chan...
...from the international Kyoto global-warming accords, began what has become a nationwide movement to bring U.S. cities into compliance. As of last month, 431 mayors representing more than 61 million Americans had signed on, imposing higher parking taxes, buying hybrid vehicles for the municipal fleet, helping local businesses audit their energy use and even converting traffic lights from incandescents to LEDs, which are 90% more efficient. Says Nickels: "I think this sends a message that there is intelligent life in America...
...bleak. The U.S.-based Natural Resources Defense Council is trying to help the Chinese clean up, working with their businesses to audit energy consumption and developing a fund to bankroll the installation of more efficient equipment in factories. Barbara Finamore of the China Clean Energy Program estimates that this could eliminate the need for 3,000 new power plants over the next few decades. China also imposes higher taxes on large cars than on small ones; subsidizes wind, solar and other renewables; and has passed a law that aims to make 15% of the country's power come from renewables...
Witnesses say they informed IRS investigators that Gerber had begun storing cash in dormant bank accounts that were unlikely to be examined during a routine audit. Money transfers out of the university system were masked by fictional purchases of equipment. One piece of machinery was billed at $500,000, despite the fact that the top of the line in its category costs $60,000. The person for whom the equipment was ordered never received it. The department regularly processed reimbursements for conferences that never existed. The department was able to get away with the irregularities because...