Word: environmentalism
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During his 14 years as president and chief executive of the National Environmental Trust, Philip Clapp fought for legislation to combat global warming. He even once called into question Vice President Al Gore's commitment to the environment because of the White House's "failure to provide any leadership on the clean-air standards and on climate changes." Prior to his time with the Trust, Clapp worked on the U.S. House Budget Committee's environmental task force, where he tried, to no avail, to get the U.S. to ratify the Kyoto treaty. It has since been adopted by most developed...
No one throws a party like a couple of cats with a sax, or at least so the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival musicians seem to prove. The eighth annual jazz festival, which kicked off this Thursday night, features internationally renowned artists, an eclectic, vibrant crowd, and an array of food...
In a year of historic market turmoil, many of the nation’s wealthiest universities beat the trend of negative returns—with Harvard leading the pack. Though Harvard’s 8.6 percent return on its investments through June 30 was down significantly from previous years, it...
...speech is part of Harvard’s Sustainability Celebration, which, according to a news release from Faust’s office, will mark the launch of a new greenhouse gas-reduction initiative, and a celebration of Harvard’s role as an environmental leader. The University aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus by 30 percent by 2016. Announced in July, the initiative comes from recommendations made by the Greenhouse Gas Task Force convened last spring and co-headed by Kennedy School Professor William C. Clark. Clark said that a guest speaker of Gore?...
The report touted various measures as evidence of Harvard’s commitment to the environment, namely Faust’s push to reduce Harvard’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2006 levels by 2016 and the continued expansion of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative.