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SOUTH AFRICA Development in Deadlock At least 20,000 people from 193 countries were in Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. The summit agreed to restore most of the world's major fisheries to commercial health by 2015 by reducing catches to a level that can be maintained indefinitely. Yet other progress was scant. The U.S. and the E.U. declined to discuss cutting their subsidies to agriculture. And they disagreed over targets for renewable energy, the cleanup of pollutants and the protection of endangered species. The Europeans want renewables to account for 15% of the world's total...
...policy also provides new resources to curb greenhouse-gas emissions right now. The budget earmarks $4.6 billion over the next five years in tax credits for renewable-energy investments such as wind and solar power and energy-efficiency projects. The President has asked the Department of Energy to develop new transferable credits for individuals or businesses that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, providing an incentive for early reductions and ensuring their verifiability. Supporting international efforts, the President's budget provides $178 million for the Global Environment Facility--which finances projects to bring clean energy and other environmental technologies to the developing...
...fifty-fifty. It has even been suggested that having a dad as the primary parent makes children smarter. Yale researcher Kyle Pruett, who followed a small group of SAHD homes over 10 years, found that children in these families had slightly above-average levels of intellectual, social and emotional development. But the undisputed advantage for these youngsters is the close relationships they develop with their fathers. "I can talk to him about pretty much anything, even girl stuff," says the Franks' 13-year-old daughter...
...Barney the dinosaur, and they forgo zany costumes and aggressive marketing tactics, favoring jeans and an easygoing, no-frills approach instead. But what really sets these two apart from the rest of the kiddie-pop pack is their interest in the connection between music and the way kids develop. The two dads began their musical career by playing for special-education classes and later expanded their audience to include kids without learning disabilities or physical handicaps. "We started as run-of-the-mill teacher's aides," says Scelsa. "We still think of ourselves that way, except now we have...
SECOND OPINION Babies are on their backs too much. Teachers and researchers are noticing more infants and kids with poor gross and fine motor skills. Some experts believe it may be because the children did not develop the muscles babies use to push up when put on their tummies...