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...scientific development" ideology of Wen and President Hu Jintao - which emphasizes sustainable development and social welfare - seem to mean that more light would shine on the murky decision-making that accompanies huge infrastructure projects in China. "It was encouraging," says Wang Yongchen, co-founder of the NGO Green Earth Volunteers. "Wen said it should be looked at scientifically. That's not the same as saying you can?t build dams. But we were very excited to have the Premier say this...
...Bush Administration's signature domestic achievement. For one thing, in the view of many educators, the law's 2014 goal - which calls for all public school students in grades 4 through 8 to be achieving on grade level in reading and math - is something no educational system anywhere on earth has ever accomplished. Even more unrealistic: every kid (except for 3% with serious handicaps or other issues) is supposed to be achieving on grade level every year, climbing in lockstep up an ever more challenging ladder. This flies in the face of all sorts of research showing that children start...
...using tractors costly, and the cost of fertilizer has doubled in Uganda over the past year, says Kenneth Kaboi, a 19-year-old farmer who was out in his family's maize field recently in Uganda's lush Kapchorwa district, churning the deep-red soil with a hoe. The earth looks fertile. But Kaboi isn't expecting a bumper harvest. "Farmers have not been able to buy materials like fertilizer," he says. "So they have done without...
Since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, virtually every indicator in the fight against climate change has continued to head the wrong way. The planet’s temperature continues to rise. Industrial activity is increasing, and with it greenhouse gases. Vehicle miles travelled, a key indicator of the public’s concern, has risen steadily before taking a slight dip in the most recent quarter, due to higher fuel prices...
...think Harvard University should be the last place on earth where we abandon the thought where some topics taught are studied for their own sake,” said Chemistry and Physics professor Eric J. Heller. “We are not a vocational school...