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...result, wind turbines now dot Denmark, the country gets more than 19% of its electricity from the breeze (Spain and Portugal, the next highest countries, get about 10%) and Danish companies control a whopping one-third of the global wind market, earning billions in exports and creating a national champion from scratch. "They were out early in driving renewables, and that gave them the chance to be a technology leader and a job-creation leader," says Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the New York City-based Natural Resources Defense Council. "They have always been one or two steps...
...Zimbabwe's coffers. Mugabe is reviled by many of his countrymen and much of the world for the corruption and cronyism of his regime, and extensive U.S. and European Union economic sanctions bar him and his associates from visiting or conducting financial affairs in the West. So the former champion of anticolonial revolution has over the years turned toward the wealthier climes of Southeast Asia, where he once could count on significant support and still does among private circles of businessmen and politicos...
...It’s so exciting for us because we came really close to winning last year,” co-captain Ashlinn O’Callaghan said. “Princeton was indoor [Heptagonals] champion, and they were at the top of the league, so it just means so much to us to come in first and really beat them...
...perfect David versus Goliath matchup. But this time, Goliath had no problem taking care of David.The Harvard men’s volleyball team entered Big Ten country last Friday with plans of upsetting defending national champion Penn State, only to leave town as the Nittany Lions’ latest victim, 3-0. The very next day, Harvard (2-4, 0-2) fell to league foe East Stroudsburg, 3-0, despite beating the Warriors just a week ago at home. EAST STROUDSBURG 3, HARVARD 0The Crimson entered Saturday’s game against East Stroudsburg looking to rebound from its loss...
...Stanford, 8-1, Friday afternoon in the opening round of the Howe Cup.The Crimson jumped out to an 8-0 lead with six out of the nine flights, sweeping their matches 3-0.Guruge downed the Cardinals’ Lilly Lorentzen, a former Harvard standout and 2006 individual national champion, in dominating fashion (9-1, 9-0, 9-6) to win her second consecutive match at the top flight.The only blemish of the day came at No. 7, where Cortes suffered her first loss of the season, a 9-5, 9-8, 9-6 setback to the Cardinal’s Kyla...