Word: environmentalism
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* | What They're Taxing in France: Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister for the Environment, said France will begin taxing nonrecyclable cutlery and plates to entice consumers to buy more eco-friendly products. The so-called picnic tax of 58˘ per lb. ($1.29 per kg), part of an effort to curtail waste...
Economic gloom is the trademark of most newspaper headlines as of late. Oil prices rise and fall, but bear bad omens either way. The housing market continues to deflate. And in the midst of it all, a number of Wall Street’s most venerable institutions are disintegrating. No...
Science A-43: “Environmental Risks and Disasters,” Earth and Planetary Sciences 5: “Introduction to Environmental Science: Atmosphere, Ocean, and Biosphere,” Earth and Planetary Sciences 109: “Earth Resources and the Environment,” and Earth and Planetary Sciences 133: “Atmospheric Chemistry” will count toward Science of the Physical Universe...
...concentration follows Harvard’s growing commitment to sustainability and the environment. As the University expands into Allston over the next 50 years, it has committed that all buildings and landscapes will conform with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design...
The concentration complements the “ethical imperative” to preserve the environment with practical design techniques that encourage students to pursue “new kinds of imagination, new kinds of possibilities, new sorts of environments,” Mostafavi said.