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...programmable thermostat. It will save you about 1,800 lbs. of CO2 annually. Invest in energy-efficient appliances. (Ones with the EPA?s EnergyStar label are a good bet.) Replacing a 20-year-old refrigerator with a high-efficiency model can lower CO2 emissions by 1 ton per year. A new washing machine that uses less water and less energy can cut emissions...
...euro but no to the constitutional treaty on Europe; and the country's youth, who will live less well than their parents, or so 60% of French people believe. It's an explosive situation. In the best scenario, it will lead to a rupture of a bankrupt social model. At worst we'll end up with a lame "appeasement" like the one that led France to humiliating defeat in 1940. Failing to rein in public spending for fear of displeasing those who use and abuse it would amount to precisely that today. In Strange Defeat, a superb essay written...
RETIRING. PAUL TAGLIABUE, 65, as commissioner of the National Football League, whose solid relationship with the Players Association facilitated a landmark 1992 collective-bargaining agreement considered a team-sports model that balanced free agency with a salary cap; in New York City. During his 17-year tenure, the unflappable Tagliabue oversaw the addition of four teams and the creation of the league's TV network...
...majority of seats go to incumbents; thus any change in the gender composition of elected officials will take decades,” wrote Iris Bohnet, KSG associate professor of public policy and WAPPP faculty chair, in an e-mail. The Oval Office program is expected to serve as a model for other universities, the program’s leaders said yesterday. “I know of no other political program in the United States that specifically focuses on the challenges and opportunities women face in the electoral process,” Budson said. Tanene Allison...
Podesta argued for a model that combined profitability with environmental responsibility, demonstrating the economic feasibility of various renewable energy schemes, especially biofuel initiatives. These programs provide cheaper fuel to consumers and stimulate the agricultural sector, he said...