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...used to thinking of industrial and traffic pollution as having a detrimental effect on air quality. But all other things being equal, rising temperature by itself increases the amount of ground-level ozone, a major constituent of smog. So many studies have linked higher ozone levels to death rates from heart and lung ailments that many cities issue smog alerts to warn those at risk to stay indoors. You can expect more and longer alerts...
...International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that the increase in greenhouse-gas emissions from 2000 to 2030 from China alone will nearly equal the increase from the entire industrialized world. India, though behind its Asian rival, could see greenhouse-gas emissions that rise 70% by 2025, according to the World Resources Institute. But the nearly double-digit growth rates that are responsible for those nightmare projections also present an environmental opportunity. "Anything you want to do about clean energy is easier to do from the outset," says David Moskowitz, an energy consultant who has advised Chinese officials. "Every time they...
...very pleased to offer such exceptional financial support to our undergraduates,” Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby said in the press release. “We do so because quality deserves quality: outstanding students from all backgrounds deserve an equal chance at securing a strong education...
...needs indirect, obscure links? In Italy, Berlusconi saved himself the effort by controlling 90 percent of television broadcasts, directly through his Mediaset, or indirectly, through the state-owned RAI. Furthermore, he repeatedly tried to postpone the elections so that the par condicio law, which gives every candidate equal access to media coverage, did not come into effect. Of course, Berlusconi also provides comic relief. Several years ago, George W. Bush was criticized for suggesting that God wanted him to be President. But, yet again, Italian politics takes this to the next level. For Berlusconi, a wish from God is insufficient...
...group’s former president, Lawrence E. Adjah ’06.As leader of the BSA for a year starting in the spring of 2004, Adjah made no effort to count the number of whites within its ranks or to identify them specifically. “Everybody was equal,” he said.But even when campus organizations don’t single out members who are transcending ethnic barriers, these students do sometimes stick out.“People would ask me, ‘Oh are you Chinese? You don’t look Chinese...