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...audience in Prague that the world needs to tackle global warming and that "the U.S. is now ready to lead." But hopeful talk doesn't necessarily translate to numbers or action. One of the biggest topics of debate at Bonn was the draft climate-change bill released in late March by Democratic Congressmen Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, which aims to cut U.S. carbon emissions 20% below 2005 levels by 2020. That goal is significantly less ambitious than what the E.U. has pledged, but getting that bill - or anything close to it - through Congress, especially by the Copenhagen summit, will...
...Harvard Allston Task Force meeting in late March, BRA Chief Planner Kairos Shen committed to revitalizing the planning process for relocating the Charlesview Apartments and developing the Holton Street Corridor—two projects related to Harvard’s expansion that have been sidelined in recent months due to the focus on the Science Complex...
...reverse the ban on stem-cell funding, and his Inaugural Address - in which he vowed to "restore science to its rightful place" - served notice that he would not wait long to do so. So it didn't come as a surprise to Catholics when, on the morning of March 9, the President signed an Executive Order allowing research on embryonic stem cells to go forward after an eight-year halt. Obama's forceful explanation for his decision, however, took them aback...
...their votes not because of his positions on social issues but because of concerns about the economy, health care and Iraq. Indeed, Catholics are more natural partners for Democrats than has been clear over the past three decades. A Gallup poll released in late March showed that Catholics are more liberal than other Americans when it comes to accepting a wide range of matters, such as homosexuality, gambling and out-of-wedlock births, and are far more likely to oppose capital punishment...
...Hopeful signs have indeed appeared. Retail sales are still growing at a robust 16% annual rate. The Purchasing Managers Index, an indicator of the health of the manufacturing sector, rebounded into positive territory in March after falling for months, indicating that industrial output may be expanding again. Home sales are also showing signs of recovery, as is lending. Even the stock market, which had plunged by some two-thirds from its peak in 2007, has clawed back 25% in the last few months. (See pictures of China's investment in Africa...