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...which last year resulted in 10 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide released into the air--equal to taking a million cars off the road. But in the end Raymond is an oilman; he believes fossil fuels are the only way to fill the 50% increase in global energy demand projected by 2030. Raymond has called the Kyoto Protocol "flawed" and predicts that Europe won't be able to meet its emission-cutting goals. Exxon's line is that there is "no scientific certainty" behind studies blaming fossil fuels for global warming...
According to Bazerman, the attorney said in their conversation, which took place less than a week before Bazerman was set to take the stand on May 4, that the demand had come from Justice Department attorney Frank Marine and Associate Attorney General Robert D. McCallum...
McCallum, the congressmen write, is believed to be responsible for the government’s decision to cut its demand for penalties against the tobacco industry in a related case from $130 billion to $10 billion, a move that infuriated antismoking activists and members of Congress...
...tourists want to swank it up in style. Warsaw now has eight five-star hotels - twice as many as in 2002. Hungary is building two of them a year and Bulgaria already has 23. Particularly popular are the five-star spas and "wellness" centers. For now, supply is outpacing demand, meaning typical room rates of 3200 a night can be halved by package deals. "They aren't typical Hilton guests in jackets and ties," says Paul Kovacs, spokesman for the Hilton Budapest, which gets heavy weekend traffic. "These are young people, 25 to 40, mainly couples. They go on travel...
...found his fighter.When Ulysses S. Grant took command in the East, Lincoln didn't, for once, demand specific plans. Six weeks later Grant had lost more men than every general before him, but Robert E. Lee's army was bottled up in Petersburg, Va. "Hold on with a bull-dog grip," Lincoln urged Grant. Unlike his predecessors, Grant...