Word: carbonization
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...steel cages, improving a goalie's ability to see the puck (a major criticism of Plante's original design) and extending the fiberglass to protect the top of the head and neck. Today's goalie sports a mask that includes protection for the throat and is fashioned often from carbon fiber or Kevlar for added protection against flying pucks. The design has even crossed sports: in the past decade many baseball catchers have begun sporting hockey-style masks behind the plate...
During the lecture, White said that corporate boards are often not held accountable for the consequences of their work, specifically in regards to sustainability. He linked the way corporations are run, which directly affects their carbon footprints, with the issue...
Lehner also warned attendees against believing there is such a thing as a “safe” level of carbon dioxide, even though the United Nations talks in Copenhagen this fall emphasized the limiting level of 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide...
...offered three approaches to countering the climate problem: capping and putting a price on carbon, boosting clear energy, and encouraging efficiency. He said that last year, the average Californian used 40 percent less energy than the average American...
...crashes, riots, crime: anything you pay to fix will boost GDP. Helping a neighbor up the stairs, skipping work to watch your son's Little League game, strolling in the woods won't. GDP tallies the value of an item, but not the environmental cost of its production: pollution, carbon emissions or the depletion of minerals and ecosystems. "It counts napalm and the cost of a nuclear warhead, and armored cars for police who fight riots in our streets," said Robert Kennedy in 1968. "It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages...