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...fund worth $250 million. The idea behind Masdar - which organized the Future Energy Summit - is a radical one: prepare Abu Dhabi and the UAE to move beyond fossil fuels. "The UAE wants to be more than just an oil-producing country," says Marc Stuart, the co-founder of the carbon-trading firm EcoSecurities...
...petroleum at record prices has helped Abu Dhabi achieve the highest per-capita GDP in the world - wealth that's visible in every luxury hotel rising from the desert or spotless Mercedes prowling the streets. All those fossil fuels also mean that Abu Dhabi citizens have among the biggest carbon footprints in the world, and the emirate's exports are a big, if indirect, contribution to global climate change...
Born in South Africa without major bones in his legs and feet, he had his lower legs amputated before he was a year old. As he grew up, so did the science of prosthetics. Now 21, Pistorius runs on carbon-fiber blades known as Cheetahs. He won gold in the 200 m at the Athens Paralympics in 2004, breaking 22 sec.; but now his eye is on the Olympics in Beijing. It was up to the world body that governs track and field, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), to determine whether using Cheetahs is cheating...
...blunt terms, Sen. John F. Kerry delivered an impassioned plea for action on climate change at the Law School Wednesday, rebuking the nation’s “screwed up” priorities and criticizing both the U.S. government and Harvard for not taking stronger action to reduce carbon emissions. “The level of irresponsibility with respect to environmental issues is beyond comprehension,” Kerry said, noting that the U.S. has ignored international efforts to cap emissions and is trailing most of the developed world in using renewable fuels for electricity generation...
...border fence—we recognize that limiting the flow of illegal immigrants is a political prerequisite to immigration reform. Finally, we support Obama’s commitment to expanding the number of high-skill immigrants to our country through to the H-1B visa program.To help reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change, Obama proposes a cap-and-trade system and the corresponding reduction of emissions to 80 percent below the 1990 levels by 2050. Vaulting the U.S. into a leadership position on climate change is a goal that should figure prominently in any presidential candidate?...