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With a number of crucial environmental issues looming on the horizon--the question of whether or not to drill for oil in Alaska, a revaluation of America's stance on Kyoto, the fate of millions of square miles of federal land in the West--Norton, Whitman and Bush's lukewarm support of the EPA may turn out to be every Sierra Club member's worst nightmare. It is good to see that Bush has made some sort of gesture with the diesel emission initiative and his support of the Clean Air Act. However, his pro-environment posturing will prove meaningless...
...favor of the project, but no one else in Europe is convinced. Last summer Clinton managed to avoid a spat over his national missile defense (NMD) program and punted the issue to his successor, arguing that missile-busting technology was still unproved. While Powell lately has signaled lukewarm support for missile defense, Bush?s Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, is one of nmd?s biggest cheerleaders. Europe?s leaders fret that the U.S. plans will vitiate arms-control regimes and encourage Russia and China to build up their arsenals...
...Golden Knights have their work cut out for them in terms of the conference hunt. Losses to Princeton and Cornell have dropped Clarkson to the bottom half of the league standings, and its win over lukewarm St. Lawrence did little to boost its ranking. Goaltender Shawn Grant has provided some help in back, boasting a .909 save percentage with wins in half of his starts. However, Clarkson has not been much better than the Saints in keeping the goal count down, allowing 3.67 goals-against per game, good for eighth in the ECAC...
...credits" for countries that make progress in cutting emissions, which can then be purchased by the U.S. and other big polluters. It also wants credit for planting forests designed to soak up carbon gases, and to avoid the treaty's prescribing financial penalties for non-compliance. The Europeans are lukewarm on the first two, and ice-cool on the third. Then again, being the world's biggest polluter gives Washington significant leverage over the final form of the treaty. Which may mean that whatever the shape of the deal cut by the politicians, the raw end will inevitably fall...
Although CyberWorks has several projects on the go, it is pinning its hopes primarily on NOW. Launched initially in London in June, now has so far garnered a lukewarm response. NOW is trying to keep a step ahead of fast-moving times by using broadband, but the rest of Asia is barely connected. "It's like inventing the cart before you have the horse," says Hendale Asia's Lee. "CyberWorks may be too far ahead of its time...