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...purpose of the shadow U.S. delegation here - spiritually led by Gore and including the likes of Sen. John Kerry, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and dozens of officials from California (Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had planned to attend, but budget negotiations kept him at home) - is to signal the world that the Bush Administration no longer represents the views of most Americans on climate change. They point to the fact that U.S. cities, states and, now, the Congress have taken steps to combat global warming, and that next year's election will likely accelerate that momentum. "The message here is that...
...contrast to the positions of the climate progressives from the Senate and the states who've come to Bali. Even as White House Council on Environmental Quality chairman James Connoughton on Thursday defended the delegation's refusal to embrace aggressive targets, claiming they were premature, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in a nearby hotel arguing the opposite. "People everywhere recognize the time for discussion about whether global warming exists has passed," said Bloomberg, who has called for the implementation of a carbon tax. "Now it's time for action...
...said. “I was not totally prepared.” In the past year, the dollar has fallen by 5 percent against the pound and 10 percent against the euro, hitting record lows. At press time, one euro was worth 1.46 dollars, according to the Bloomberg currency exchange. Students abroad this term made their decision to leave last March, when the outlook wasn’t quite so bleak. Christina L. Elmore ’09 said that when she changed her study abroad destination from Argentina to Spain, she considered the exchange rate, but didn?...
...introduced tolls for cars entering central London and is now promising to boost the capital's stock of affordable housing. Johnson has not yet revealed his own manifesto, but speaks of increased "financial rigor" and an admiration for the education policies of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He sums up his political philosophy in a pithy phrase: "less bossiness, more incentives," explaining, "I'm a libertarian. I think people should get on and run their lives as far as possible independently of bossiness and intrusion of all kinds...
...Crimson reviewer Elisabeth J. Bloomberg can be reached at bloomber@fas.harvard.edu...