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...scientific case for climate change, they'll likely have a major political impact. At the very moment when countries around the world - including the U.S. - seem poised, finally, to begin to control greenhouse-gas emissions, the controversy created by the e-mails allows skeptics to roll some of the momentum back, at least by injecting doubt among a confused public. (Facebook users, comment on this story below...
Despite the e-mail controversy, however, momentum on climate-change action is still building. Environmentalists are feeling increasingly hopeful that the Copenhagen summit could produce concrete action on emissions cuts, with U.S. President Barack Obama changing his schedule to arrive on the final day of negotiations. "The clock has ticked down to zero," said the U.N.'s climate chief Yvo de Boer on the first day of the talks. "After two years of negotiation, the time has come to deliver." There's nothing invented about that urgency...
Behind its defense, the Crimson completely reversed the momentum of the game. Junior forward Emma Markley led Harvard with 10 rebounds in the game, while Alemany and Wheeler cleaned the glass with six and five, respectively. Alemany pickpocketed the Terriers to the tune of five steals, and five Crimson players recorded a block...
...think we got off to the best start, but we’ve definitely brought it together over the past few games,” senior goalie Christina Kessler said. “We’re hoping that we’ll be able to ride that momentum through this weekend’s games...
...think we got off to the best start, but we’ve definitely brought it together over the past few games,” senior goalie Christina Kessler said. “We’re hoping that we’ll be able to ride that momentum through this weekend’s games...