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Last January, Massachusetts’s House and Senate passed legislation to promote green energy with minimal costs to consumers. The bill was mostly progressive and earned applause from environmental groups, but there remains one major flaw. In addition to wind, solar, ocean current, geothermic, and hydroelectric power initiatives, Massachusetts is slated to pass incentives for “clean coal” power plants.One breakthrough provision in Massachusetts’s green energy bill would require a portion of electricity sold in Massachusetts to be derived from “renewable” and “alternative?...
...reports of injury, though one man did call in to complain that he had taken a sip from a bottle and found some glass in his mouth. In a press release issued Monday, Boston Beer founder and brewer C. James Koch ’71 apologized for the uncharacteristic flaw. “We are disappointed and disturbed by this development, and we are doing everything we can to address the situation,” he said. “Since our founding, we have never issued a product recall for any reason.” The recall has affected...
...though, as in-depth characterization takes a backseat to the gambling plot. Despite the script’s lack of depth, Sturgess does a fine job of conveying Ben’s torn loyalties as he becomes increasingly engrossed in the team. The British actor’s one flaw is the inconsistency of his American accent; the rest of Ben’s underdevelopment is the fault of screenwriters Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb.Likewise, Ben’s nerdy MIT friends and fellow cardsharks, like the cliché “hot-girl-in-a-geeky-school?...
There was just one flaw in the calculation: the studies all credited fuel crops for sequestering carbon, but no one checked whether the crops would ultimately replace vegetation and soils that sucked up even more carbon. It was as if the science world assumed biofuels would be grown in parking lots. The deforestation of Indonesia has shown that's not the case. It turns out that the carbon lost when wilderness is razed overwhelms the gains from cleaner-burning fuels. A study by University of Minnesota ecologist David Tilman concluded that it will take more than 400 years of biodiesel...
...examine the issue of urban sprawl more generally. The end of the film loses its momentum as Dunn neglects her human subjects in favor of familiar generalizations about environmental conservation. The soundtrack switches from the bluesy sounds of Patty Griffin and Jeff Beck to generically-epic instrumentals.A more serious flaw is Dunn’s failure to fully explore the larger implications of Barton Springs’ story. Not all of those who transplanted to Austin are as unsympathetic as the couple she shows complaining about the lack of a McDonalds or Wal-Mart nearby. The film doesn?...