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...potato, created by German chemical giant BASF, is not intended for human consumption. It has been developed to produce higher levels of starch, which is used in industries like paper manufacturing. Using the GM potato will save energy, water and chemicals. E.U. Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli says the decision was based on "sound science" and represents a policy of "responsible innovation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Europe Finally Ready for Genetically Modified Foods? | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...just cable companies that are being hit with higher programming costs. "We're getting a lot of pressure to increase rates at extraordinary levels," DirecTV executive Derek Chang told a trade magazine. As a satellite provider, DirecTV competes with cable companies and telcos to be the business that provides the signal to consumers' homes. It faces similar fees for carrying cable programming. "There are limitations on what we can do on rates with customers," Chang said. (See the top 10 memorable moments of the 2010 Academy Awards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Networks vs. Cable: The Oscar-Night Battle | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...effect in the U.S. is less extreme because the country exports more than Western Europe and because the U.S. economy has a higher carbon intensity - but it made a difference. Imports accounted for 10.8% of U.S. carbon emissions, enough to add an additional 2.4 metric tons of CO2 per person. China, of course, fell into the opposite camp: 22.5% of the carbon emitted in China is actually exported to other countries, reducing its per capita carbon footprint from 3.9 tons to 3 tons. (See pictures of the world's most polluted places...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Goods Get Traded, Who Pays for the CO2? | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...instance, developed nations institute tough carbon caps and drive out carbon-intensive industries, which will set up in uncapped developing nations - as cap-and-trade opponents allege. Or has any leakage that will occur already occurred? If industry hasn't already been outsourced from developed nations due to their higher labor costs and other disadvantages, a carbon cap may not make a difference. "The study definitely cuts both ways," says Davis. (See TIME's special report on the environment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Goods Get Traded, Who Pays for the CO2? | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

Much criticism has been directed at students for having taken to the streets rather than staying in the classroom where, so it is said, a student who really cared about education would be. The academic sacrifices suffered to support these campaigns for the protection of higher education are indeed real, and students across the UC system remark they are suffering from "protest fatigue...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Striking Back | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

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