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...When the session ended several hours later, Ban struck a more optimistic note, telling delegates at the U.N. that "momentum had shifted for a global deal in Copenhagen." But the truth is that there remains a great deal of uncertainty that needs to be cleared up between now and December. No one expected a one-day meeting in the U.N. to solve global warming. But Ban's conference did provide some clues about where global climate-change policy is heading and which countries will be taking the lead...
...while politicians, especially those in the U.S., have been slow to grapple with global warming, many corporations have been moving ahead on their own. They're cutting carbon emissions at rates higher than any government and improving energy efficiency for the sake of their own profits. "Businesses need to deal with climate change, and they need regulatory certainty and simplicity from governments," says Charles Holliday, the chairman of DuPont...
...graduate schools to a total of 50 students. “When a bright student needs money, he or she should be able to come,” said Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez, who signed the agreement on behalf of the University. The recently negotiated deal marks Harvard’s shifting strategy in securing sources of funding. In recent months, University administrators have taken steps to ensure that terms of such agreements are flexible enough to accommodate its beneficiaries, whose needs will likely change over time. Donations frequently come with strings attached. A fund...
Recession or not, broke college students always need a good deal. When money’s on the brain, free admission to Lamont and unlimited d-hall food start to sound like a legit Saturday. But a fun weekend excursion outside of the Square doesn’t have to break the bank...
...raid was a much-needed crackdown on human traffickers. But even as police were leading immigrants out of the camp, refugee organizations warned that the action would do little to deter desperate people from making the hazardous journey across Europe, and instead blamed French officials for failing to deal with them. "The French government has effectively washed its hands of the problem and deliberately held back from bringing these people into the French asylum system in the hope that they will make it to Britain," says Dan Hodges, director of Refugee Action, a London-based charity. "This is a grotesque...