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...global warming with its "flow" problem. The stock of historical emissions for which the West is largely responsible must be dealt with by assigning responsibility, but the flow - the continuing emissions that developing countries are increasingly adding to - must be resolved by incentivizing cuts on future emissions. They demand more flexibility from India; the U.S. did not sign the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 because it would not accept any binding cuts unless developing countries accepted cuts too. (Watch an interview with Energy Secretary Steven...
...Committee had not met for at least two years, said current committee chair and Professor of English and African and African American Studies Werner Sollors.In the past few decades, faculty bodies coordinating ethnic studies have shifted from ad hoc to standing committees. In multiple instances, students have organized to demand more academic options. The last big student push was in 2002, when a coalition failed to win approval for a certificate in ethnic studies. The committee’s current revival has come in response to interest from the Undergraduate Council and the Ethnic Studies Coalition, an unofficial student group...
...some athletes. “The sweat suits are not for sale,” Henry said. “There has been some misleading information going around but it is not true. We may look into selling sweat suits if there is high demand for them in the future, but for now we are not selling them.” Some varsity athletes were not pleased that certain individuals will receive the gear and others won’t despite an understanding of the grim economic situation. “Athletes who don’t get the sweaters...
...None of this would have happened without consumer demand. Nearly half of Americans in our poll said protecting the environment should be given priority over economic growth - and this comes in the midst of a recession and historic unemployment. And 78% of those polled said they would be willing to pay $2,000 more for a car that gets 35 m.p.g. than for a similar one that gets only 25 m.p.g. Of course, consumers are doing their own doing-well-by-doing-good calculation: a more expensive car that gets better gas mileage will save them money in the long...
There will be 86 events spanning seven sports around Vancouver and at the Whistler ski area, a two-hour drive north. Despite the economy, ticket demand has not gone downhill. According to U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) spokeswoman Nicole Saunches, "Ticket demand has been high, as you would expect with the Games right across the border. That's been great for Vancouver and the Games in general." See pictures of 100 Olympic Athletes To Watch...