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...School officials counter that the new policy is necessary under a statewide smoking ban passed by Pennsylvania's legislature in June. That law forbids smoking in most workplaces and public spaces, including educational facilities. PASSHE chancellor John Cavanaugh has said that he interprets the prohibition to extend beyond just school buildings to all campus grounds, such as athletic fields, pathways or courtyards. "Many of our classes meet outdoors when the weather is nice," says PASSHE spokesman Kenn Marshall. "So it'd be very difficult to pick and choose when to forbid smoking. We chose a comprehensive ban instead...
...constructing a cohesive and sensible energy policy for years to come. While the concession to offshore drilling advocates is unfortunate, it was a necessary sacrifice in securing more significant provisions: the removal of enormous subsidies given to the oil companies in 2005 and the redistribution of this revenue to extend tax credits for renewable energy firms. There is no doubt that the United States is facing major problems in the energy sector, especially the supply of petroleum products for the transportation sector. Since 2003, the price of oil futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX...
...chair of the Harvard Environmental Action, praised Gore’s ability to engage the student community. “Its a great thing about Harvard’s commitment to accentuate a milestone in what has been a very long process and one that will extend over the next several decades,” he said. While recognizing that this is an important step, Clark emphasized that more needs to be done to formulate a multifaceted plan. “Harvard needs to rise to other challenges,” he said, including its water use, and the carbon...
With that Harvard must look ahead to Saturday, when it tries to extend its unbeaten streak...
...interesting to note that the Obama campaign is starting to pull down some of their efforts to extend the map, as they like to put it, into states that otherwise wouldn't be in play in an election cycle like this," McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis said Monday. "We assume, without fanfare, that he has pulled out of Alaska, where he spent a good deal of media money over the course of the summer. And [I] look forward to him continuing to spend his money in states that we hold significant leads...