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...Still, for all the complaints that environmentalists cry wolf on non-existent threats, no one offers up bigger howlers than lobbyists describing an attempt to protect the planet as a dire risk to the economy. Twenty years ago, a consortium of trade groups warned that banning CFC's to protect the ozone layer would throw thousands out of work. When CFC's were phased out beginning in 1987, nothing like that happened (except that the ozone layer continued to deteriorate as the atmosphere absorbed CFC's released during years of stalling...
...Worse still, the fact that the hole in the ozone layer was recently reported as being larger now than it was 13 years ago when CFC outputs were curbed suggests that some of the environmental damage wrought by human behavior today may take many years to manifest. It could take a decade or more of climatic crisis to generate a widespread sense of urgency about changing lifestyles. Politicians may ultimately be forced to wait. The planet, unfortunately, will...
...appliances as well as food, has been a leader in marketing freezers and refrigerators that don't damage the atmospheric ozone layer, which protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Old models were cooled by chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, which can seep out and attack the ozone. And early CFC substitutes, though less destructive, were still not ideal. Last year Iceland brought out a brand of appliances cooled by isobutane, which does no harm to the atmosphere. On the food front, Walker tries to be a purist. He's been in the vanguard of the European campaign against genetically altered...
Veronica Chase--Nikki, to her friends--is the only black member of the Harvard Economics Department. As an assistant professor, Nikki is sinking beneath the weight of research and teaching responsibilities, but her efforts have resulted in her appointment to the Crimson Future Committee (CFC), a prestigious, interdisciplinary group whose members are paving the way towards Harvard's financial security in the twenty-first century. All appears to be well with the CFC--that is, until Nikki stumbles over the dead body of Law School committee member Ella Fisher after a late meeting in Littauer on a rainy night...
...result: paint without carcinogenic volatile organic compounds; carpeting that is dye-free, glue-free and 100% wool, with padding made from jute and animal hair; subfloors made from Homasote, a recycled-newspaper product, instead of formaldehyde-laden plywood; floor tiles fabricated from crushed light bulbs; a CFC-free insulation made from common minerals; and a reception desk built of maple and of mahogany that was harvested in a manner that does not destroy rain forests...