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...each with about 30 properties. Members pay an average $230,000 to join and $15,000 in annual dues, says Dick Ragatz, president of Ragatz Associates, a resort-industry consultant in Eugene, Ore. Some clubs are doubling their membership each year and have been unable to develop properties fast enough...
...energy means carbon, and China's booming economy puts it on a path to become the world's No. 1 greenhouse-gas emitter as early as 2020. Li knows that China needs clean energy as badly as the developed world needs China to clean up, which is why he joined the Tsinghua-BP Clean Energy Research and Education Center as director when it opened in July 2003. The center's most promising project is a new technology called polygeneration, by which coal is converted into a cleaner gaseous fuel that can both generate electricity and be processed into a petroleum...
...year. At Schendler's urging, it became the first ski company to issue a climate-change policy, with a public commitment to cutting greenhouse gases that has led to a 75% reduction in emissions. ASC was the first to use biodiesel fuel in snowcats, issue sustainability reports and develop a green building policy...
...Kuijp—who is also affiliated with the University’s South Asia Initiative—said he did not know what specifically Summers was referring to in the interview. “We are looking forward to learning more about the plans of the University to develop South Asian studies and as a department we are ready to do whatever needs to be done,” he said. University officials said they did not know what Summers was referring to in his interview, and his spokesman was unavailable for comment yesterday evening. During his visit, Summers...
...locals aren't so sure. County officials say any landowner attempting to develop the remote area will have difficulty because of the limited infrastructure and public services. While Krall's improvements have helped, Robyn Samuelson, who was born and raised there, notes, "It's in the middle of nowhere and the nearest city is 45 minutes away." And one more note of caution for any potential bidder: even Samuelson is planning to move soon...