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...sure what to make of dam-free hydro, but it is wary. True, you can pull a turbine out of the water if things go badly--but "you don't just put one turbine in the water," says Robbin Marks of American Rivers. "To generate a fair amount of electricity, you have to put in hundreds. We really don't know what the cumulative impacts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: River Power Rises | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...reading Bryan Walsh's "Visions of Green," I felt guilty so suddenly of how severely Asians, including myself, have destroyed the environment. Looking past all the different ways companies all over Asia have caused different kinds of pollution, I think all individuals living in Asia have also given their fair share of damage to the environment. I think that saving the environment is not only limited to making drastic clean-up methods or reducing the waste materials caused by excessive production. Saving the environment should originate from a change in perspective of how all of us view ourselves in relation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/28/2006 | See Source »

...According to hospital policies, Beth Israel categorizes patients as "good," "fair," "serious," and—most gravely—"critical." The hospital does not use the word "stable" in patient descriptions provided to journalists...

Author: By Stephanie S. Garlow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leverett Student's Condition Upgraded | 10/28/2006 | See Source »

...liberalization, empowering the courts or unleashing the media. Instead, Hu appears to favor a mixture of moral suasion (he's launched internal reeducation campaigns for party cadres), and the punishment of a few to scare the many. Of course, in a system where corruption is endemic, it's a fair bet he has a wide range of potential targets on which to showcase his resolve. And if scapegoats are needed, it's certainly to his advantage to choose individuals loyal to his predecessor who may hold positions in which he'd like put his own allies - particularly in preparation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beijing's Corruption Purge May Serve Political Ends | 10/28/2006 | See Source »

Local farmers joined their counterparts from Africa and South America to advocate for fair trade last night at Emerson Hall. Students sampled the farmers’ fair-trade products, including apples, lettuce, and chocolate-covered bananas, at the event, which was sponsored by five student groups, including the Student Labor Action Movement and Oke USA, a cooperative farmers organization. After a lobbying campaign from the Harvard Fair Trade Initiative (HFTI), Harvard University Dining Services switched to fair trade coffee in 2002. Fair trade advocacy has gained presence in colleges in recent years. The United Students for Fair Trade, a national...

Author: By Eric W. Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Farmers Advocate Fair Trade | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

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