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Gingrich even published a book last year entitled A Contract with the Earth, calling for a conservative path to dealing with climate change. His solutions differ from those favored by many Democrats and environmentalists, who call for a strong carbon-cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over time. Gingrich, true to his GOP roots, advocates private market incentives to encourage the development and dissemination of alternative energy technology, like a $1 billion prize for creating a workable hydrogen-powered car engine. In his view a Kyoto Protocol-style policy will never work, largely because the developing countries...
...they gave to the BBC. Moreover, the McCanns now say they may write a book to tell their side of things. "We receive dozens of requests for book deals and may consider them in the future," says Sonia Beldom, a spokesperson for the couple. News reports say a book contract could be worth $2 million. Certainly other books are in the offing, both in Britain and Portugal, including The Truth of the Lie, by Goncalo Amaral, the police officer who led the investigation until he was fired for criticizing British police...
...coordinator of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Resource Efficiency Program for HGCI. Kreycik said that in the past recycled paper was more expensive, but that downside was recently removed. Manager of Strategic Procurement Raymond F. Wise said that last summer Harvard Strategic Procurement, which maintains contracts for office supplies, equipment, and services for the University, renegotiated its contract with OfficeMax to allow departments to buy 30 percent recycled paper for the same price as virgin, or non-recycled, paper. “There’s no reason for departments not to get 30 percent...
...suddenly business, and Redman the academic was suddenly forced to meet Redman the music lover.Redman never intended to be a jazz musician. At the time, he told the Chicago Tribune, “If I really had my way, I wouldn’t even consider a record contract now, because I don’t think I’m really ready. There’s just too much focus on young people in jazz these days and there are older musicians who deserve the recording deals a lot more. But I guess it’s a once...
...near collision on the tarmac at Dallas-Fort Worth airport on April 6 punctuated a six-month period that included 15 other runway "incursions" - a spike from eight during the same period the year before. With air traffic controllers having operated for more than 600 days without a new contract from the FAA, morale among them is at an all-time low, and with just 11,100 fully trained professionals serving the entire country - the smallest number in 16 years - a combination of fatigue and frustration is laying a dangerous groundwork. Doug Church, union spokesman for the National Air Traffic...