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...These celebrities and politicians justify their unnecessary consumption by purchasing carbon credits, which many of the nouveau-conscious acquire in order to offset their excessive energy usage. Carbon credits were established by the Kyoto Protocol, which established limits on carbon emissions for most countries (incidentally the United States has still not signed this agreement even though it is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases). Countries and companies who fall below their established limits are free to trade their credits in the global emissions market to other parties—including individuals—who have exceeded...
...problem, as epitomized by the tech boom, is that the Street never knows when to turn off the money spigot. A good idea once is a good idea a million times, to the point of excess. In the hunt for ever more profit, everyone gets carried away, ethics and laws are at times breached, and then, ultimately, the collapse comes...
...Fersen (male model Jamie Dornan) and his lustful looks. 7. A shot for Antoinette’s herbal excursions—outside in a circle, her tentative inhalation, a stifled cough, a sly grin, and giggle. 8. Cheers and au revoir at the end: To youth, to carelessness, to excess, and naiveté. Death rears its ugly head for Antoinette and the French Revolution takes hold. Alas, youth is transitory, and…isn’t that investment banking application due next week...
...more and more new residents building houses on the shrinking borderlands between edge suburbs and untouched wilderness. More than 8.6 million Western homes have been built within 30 miles (50 km) of national forest since 1982; in California, where the population has more than tripled since 1950, in excess of 50% of new housing has been built in a severe-fire zone. That's risky for obvious reasons: If more people choose to live in areas threatened by fire, more people will be in harm's way when disaster finally strikes. But those houses, especially if owners fail to prioritize...
...president of the Blackstone Group, and Agnes Gund, former president of the Museum of Modern Art. And HBSCNY had no intention of holding on to the extra cash. “We are not a foundation,” Marcus explained. “The agreement was that any excess funds would be given to educational non-profits in New York City.” The club, which claims 13,000 HBS alumni as members, will make the donations official at a ceremony to be held at their 5th Avenue location at 4:30 p.m. today. The five non-profit...