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...Washington University in St. Louis, a city he chose because it was T.S. Eliot's birthplace. But in the mid-1990s, when he felt the urge to write a book about the dizzying changes taking place in his homeland, Qiu discovered that the detective novel provided the best framework for his ideas - and, not coincidentally, enabled him to write with a free hand about several issues still taboo in China...
...European Automobile Manufacturers Association says the industry is already making huge investments to meet green targets. "It is unrealistic to believe this can be done by 2012," said ACEA president Sergio Marchionne. "The announced legislative framework will not be ready before 2009: this leaves the industry too little time to apply by 2012; the cars of 2012 will be on the drawing table tomorrow." The group also points to studies, including the Stern report, which suggest that vehicle technology is one of the least cost-effective ways of bringing down CO2 emissions from transport...
...anger audible, he asked why the UN secretariat overseeing the meeting had earlier restarted the session while negotiators were still meeting away from the conference hall - essentially accusing the officials of acting unfairly towards the developing nations. For Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the summit's guide, it was too much. Visibly exhausted by all-night negotiations, the Dutchman appeared to momentarily break down and fled the session, leaving a stunned audience in his wake...
...Faust said that Harvard is now “moving from a phase where we were setting a big framework into a stage where we are refining those aspirations...
...resorted to an unusually public show of anger by threatening to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks in Washington next month to protest the Bush Administration's opposition to negotiating over setting limits on carbon emissions. Earlier in the day Ivo de Boer, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) told reporters that he feared the summit could fail to conclude an agreement before it closes on Dec. 14. De Boer, as a U.N. official, couldn't be so blunt as to name the culprit, but there were no such restraints on Gore...