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...that it preaches. When the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change begins in Bali on Dec. 3, I hope that President Bush is there free of the specter of Byrd-Hagel—and that Congress also recognizes the need for us take a global lead, accept an emissions cap, and make sure that emissions reduction happens domestically...
...beer - and I do so often from April to October, televised baseball being the primary pastime where I live in New England - the bottle opener plays the radio call of the Red Sox 2004 World Series win. The opener has an electronic chip inside that makes removing a cap almost operatic, the way Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez does when running the bases - throwing off his helmet as if it were filled with angry hornets...
...Bron Lebron James dragged a mediocre Cavaliers team to the Finals last year, but they might not even be mediocre this year. Once Kobe wriggles his way out of L.A., Bron-Bron-out-of-Cleveland will be the next big NBA saga. We all saw him wearing that Yankees cap during the Indians game; only a monumentally incompetent Knicks executive would be unable to lure him to New York...
Harvard: Congratulations are in order. As announced in September 18th’s Crimson (and The New York Times that same day), the University has voluntarily agreed to cap carbon emissions for the extensive science facilities it is planning for Allston. Struck between the University and the state, the agreement sets legally enforceable emissions limits on the real estate development to a level 50 percent below the national standard...
...points out that nearly half of the top-100 companies in the S&P 500 reported that their earnings had been affected by Hurricane Katrina--the kind of superstorm scientists believe will become more common as the globe warms. And as Washington finally begins to consider legislation that would cap greenhouse-gas emissions, companies that produce lots of carbon dioxide could be forced to purchase costly carbon offsets to meet the new regulations. These are material financial risks, the same as high oil prices or a falling currency, yet many U.S. corporations are entirely unprepared for them and could...