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...USCAP has redefined what is possible," said Jonathan Lash, the president of the World Resources Institute. "If the diverse membership of USCAP can find common ground, Congress can agree on effective legislation...
...findings imply that controlling biomass combustion, particularly the small-scale burning of wood and dung for home heating and cooking common throughout Asia and Africa, will be an important step towards improving the world's air quality. Gustafsson, a professor of biogeochemistry at Stockholm University, urges environmentalists not to limit their efforts to curbing car traffic and coal-fired power plants. He says fighting poverty and spreading green technologies that limit emissions from small-scale biomass burning are equally important. "More households in South Asia need to be given the possibility to cook food and get heating without using open...
...receiving U.S. funds if they provided abortions or even lobbied for abortion rights in their country. It is an action his abortion-rights supporters have waited eight years for and one they had encouraged him to waste no time taking. But by first issuing a statement urging support for common-ground efforts to reduce abortion rates and then waiting to sign the Executive Order late on a Friday afternoon - a time traditionally reserved for the release of information an Administration would like to bury - Obama sent a clear signal that he wants to turn down the heat on an issue...
...advocates on Jan. 22 was over and by doing it out of sight of the cameras. He observed the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by issuing a statement reaffirming his support for a woman's right to choose but also appealing - as he did throughout the presidential campaign - for common-ground approaches to abortion policy: "We are united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, and support women and families in the choices they make." (Read "The Grass-Roots Abortion...
...Tuesday, Capitol Hill played host to the historic Inauguration of President Barack Obama, with virtuous talk of bipartisanship, common good and putting aside "childish things" in promising the dawn of a new era in Washington. Less than 24 hours later, it was clear how little had actually changed, as Senators from both parties expressed growing frustration with Obama's top legislative priority, the $825 billon stimulus plan meant to jump-start the nation's ailing economy. (See pictures of President Obama's Inauguration...