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...developing countries they are not required under the protocol to make cuts in carbon emissions--and that is not likely to change after the agreement expires in 2012. Both countries are desperate for energy to fuel the economic expansion that is pulling their citizens out of poverty, and despite bold investments in renewables, much of that energy will have to come from coal, the only traditional energy source they have in abundance. Barbara Finamore, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's China Clean Energy Program, estimates that China's total electricity demand will increase by 2,600 gigawatts...
...resignation letter that the continuing tension made it impossible for him to carry out planned university advancements. Even in the wake of the no-confidence vote, students said they were surprised by Hundert’s decision and expressed admiration for what they saw as his committment to initiating bold changes. “The students thought he wouldn’t give up,” said Sarah E. English, a junior at Case Western. “He was hired to be fresh.” She said that, other than a few in-class discussions of Hundert?...
...inclination to see them unless you need to borrow Drumline or some equally hilarious Nick Cannon DVD. “I Want to Be Quaded”: The Fallacy According to our “inside” source, an overwhelming number of blocking groups are making the bold claim that they want to live in the Quad. The great paradox of this mentality is that future blockmates tell each other that they will enjoy the closeness that living so far away from school will foster between them. In the back of their minds they all realize that they will...
...Supreme Guide.”In a country referred to as the “largest prison for journalists in the Middle East,” Iranians face stiff penalties for exercising their right to free speech. Since April 2000, nearly 100 newspapers have been shut down because bold journalists dared to challenge the regime. One of the most prominent among them, Akbar Ganji, is currently serving his sixth year in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. He was thrown in jail for publishing articles implicating the regime in a series of murders, but his resolute defiance has made...
...government rammed the law through parliament last week under special emergency procedures, and now students and unions are demanding its full retraction. Meant as a bold symbol of the government's resolve to take a new approach, the law is proving a rallying point for opponents of the conservative government, which is looking tired and tattered just over a year away from presidential elections in May 2007. Sorbonne history student Leonard? Roche, 22, says the measure will make it even easier for French employers to deny job security to youth who already spend years shuffling between unpaid internships and short...