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...Pittsburgh that has truly captured the fans' imagination. The bond between the Steelers and their city runs deeper than an Allegheny coal seam. For one thing, the team provides a much needed distraction. "The city's in big trouble," says McGrath. "There is some high-tech stuff going on, but that doesn't help most people." Having the best record in football does. Roethlisberger jerseys are flying off the shelves; the Roethlisburger, a sub sandwich with sausage, chopped meat, eggs, cheese and fried onions, sells for $7, matching Ben's jersey number. And it's not just western Pennsylvanians...
MINNEAPOLIS—Now that is one healthy lump of coal...
Indiana, on the other hand, is, simply put, a rather large lump of coal. While its status as a member of the Big Ten Conference and its promises of a higher salary might be seductive, winning at Indiana is, as DiNardo proved, all but impossible...
...whether or not one believes that our current energy supply is detrimental to the weather, the effects of burning coal and oil are felt at home, and in our lungs, every day. The stuff that comes out of power plant smokestacks has contributed to make asthma one of the fastest growing childhood ailments in industrial and developing countries alike, and has also recently been linked to lung cancer. Here in Massachusetts, where five power plants burn thousands of tons of coal every year, the effects on surrounding communities are significant. A 2000 study by the Harvard School of Public Health...
Harvard’s purchase of wind energy will not only fuel interest in renewable energy by invigorating its ever-growing market, thus making coal plants increasingly obsolete: a purchase will also send a strong message that the thoughtful, intelligent students of the best school in the world understand and care about the impact we as Harvard students have on the local and global environments about which we spend our days learning...