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...weren't yet fed up with the seeming inability of governments to get anything done, December's U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen might have pushed you over the edge. Representatives of 192 nations gathered for two weeks with the goal of hammering out an international environmental accord, and instead parliamentary stasis reigned. Late-night negotiating sessions went nowhere, powerful developing nations like China seemed determined to block any progress, and the U.S. itself - which still hasn't passed a carbon cap of its own - lacked much diplomatic leverage. As late as the evening of Dec. 16 - just two days before...
...good start at Copenhagen, but we're still without a very clear goal, without clear carbon caps, without a price on carbon," says Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres, a national network of major institutional investors and public-interest groups. "The private sector is ready to rock and roll." (See pictures of the effects of global warming...
...relief efforts of PIH can be described as a two-pronged goal, Marx said. First, the organization seeks to strengthen the health care system in Haiti to facilitate the clinics' ability to attend to the influx of people expected by the rescue team. The organization is bringing in extra surgeons to staff the clinic and more supplies to stock the warehouse, according to Marx...
...true goal is to create a powerful social networking utility," said Tristan J. Walker, foursquare’s vice president of business development. "The inspiration for foursquare came from what Amazon has done with book and other product recommendations for their users—we want to do this with locations...
...addition to captaining the 2009 Crimson to the third round of the NCAA tournament, Akpan holds the school record for points scored at 127 and assists at 33. He remains tied with Chris Ohiri, the namesake of Harvard’s field, as the all-time leading goal scorer with 47 goals...