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...don’t even know where to address them.” The University presented revisions to its 50-year Allston development master plan at the previous task force meeting last Wednesday, showing off a plan that will increase green space, create an academic common, and add two major roads through the neighborhood. This third change incited a heated discussion as residents reminded Harvard’s representatives of their objections to constructing new roads in the neighborhood, which University planners said were necessary to handle the increased traffic flow brought by the development. “I cannot...
Some of Cambridge’s most vulnerable populations—the mentally ill and the elderly—will soon face a dramatic reduction in health services as a result of major budget cuts to the Cambridge Health Alliance, Dennis D. Keefe, the Alliance’s CEO, told the City Council in a roundtable meeting last night. The state announced last week that it would not provide $55 million that the Alliance had been expecting in state revenue for the current fiscal year. “With two thirds of the year remaining, it will require draconian measures...
...Witness, for example, the “Ten Ways to Help” enumerated on the new Internet portal for Harvard’s sustainability efforts. Students, the site recommends, should “eat less meat,” since “livestock are a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions” and “place incredible strain on the planet’s resources.” Another notorious offense is, apparently, hot showers, which account for “two thirds of all water heating costs.” Students...
...public transportation developments in Chinatown seem great from a global climate change perspective, a greenhouse gas perspective,” said Brugge, who has received three degrees from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. “But they created major consequences for the low-income, minority communities in the area. They had no voice in the process.” L. Gracie Brown ’11 said that while her interest in environmentalism drew her to the events, the connection to social issues was rewarding. “It’s so easy to get wrapped...
...going back to take a nap now,” said Scott M. Elfenbein ’11 after the talk. “I don’t usually get up this early, but I feel it’s important to hear major officials and professors to talk about important issues. Financial aid certainly...