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...emissions below the level that would have occurred without that project, a condition known as "additionality." But that's not always the case. Thanks to hazy interpretations of that proviso, "at least half" of current projects wouldn't meet a uniformly strict assessment, says Michael Schlup, director of the Gold Standard Foundation in Basel, Switzerland, an organization dedicated to eradicating just such inconsistencies. His group unveiled what's designed to be a rigorous, industry-wide protocol in May, and says that around 20 projects are currently applying the code. A rival benchmark Voluntary Carbon Standard is expected to be drawn...
Standing before Mukesh Mehta’s household adornments (in Montana, mind you, on the cusp of 2006), I gesture to the telltale gold-fringed palanquin and the turbaned figure of the emperor. I note how he is enveloped by a halo. A Mughal durbar, I tell Mukesh. Maybe Jahangir. Perhaps Akbar. But certainly not Aurangzeb—he didn’t go for this artsy-fartsy stuff...
...DuPont are carving profits out of a worldwide green-business market worth more than $600 billion. "This is a watershed moment in the business community," says Daniel Esty, director of the Center for Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University and co-author of the book Green to Gold. "The environment has become a strategic issue. It's something every company must do to stay competitive...
...Johnny, you're the king of Christmas," Bette Midler tells him on Mathis' latest collection, Gold: 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration, before they lend their still-expert chops to a medley of "Winter Wonderland" and "Let It Snow." At 71, Johnny is certainly the season's most consistent troubadour, having done Christmas albums in 1958, 1963, 1969, 1986 and 1993. Stick with the first, which matches Mathis' clear, confident tenor to a familiar batch of seasonals. A camp highlight is "Sleigh Ride," in which Johnny unleashes a falsetto, tres gay "Yoooo HOO!" The numbers get lush, warming orchestral support from...
...with No. 2 UNH, and have a handful of 2006 Olympians on the roster. Harvard’s Chu and junior defenseman Caitlin Cahow teamed with Dartmouth’s Sarah Parsons to win bronze for Team USA, while Crimson sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt won gold for Canada with Dartmouth’s Gillian Apps, Cherie Piper, and Katie Weatherston.“We always stick to our own game, but you have to be a bit more cognizant of the tendencies and abilities of the players out there,” said Chu of her former teammates...