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States are also joining hands to curb emissions from power plants--the coal burned in Pennsylvania, after all, doesn't pause at the New Jersey state line. In 2003 then Governor George Pataki of New York launched the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a confederation of northeastern and mid-Atlantic states that has created its own cap-and-trade program, with the goal of reducing emissions 10% below the current level by 2019. Nine states are part of the group, with Maryland set to join in June. In February five Western states embraced a similarly ambitious goal...
...week to Kabul's National Museum after being collected and preserved by a group of exiles in Europe 2,300 Age, in years, of one of the collection's most treasured items: a foundation stone laid by Alexander the Great when he built the city of Ai-Khanoum, in northeastern Afghanistan, in the 4th century...
While the chateaus of France have long welcomed wine tourists, enoturismo is only just coming of age in northeastern Spain's Rioja Valley. But what a vintage - the winemakers have hired some of the world's top architects to create full-bodied bodegas to impress. Here are a few that are stopping traffic; be sure to arrange visits in advance...
...Teach for America corps member, she is bringing a group of 15 promising students from her high school back to her alma mater to stoke their educational ambitions. In the week since their arrival last Saturday, the students will visit MIT, Wellesley, Boston University, Boston College, Tufts, and Northeastern as well as Harvard. Nielson said she chose those universities because she wanted to expose them to selective colleges they would not usually consider. To come on the trip, interested students had to interview with Nielson and complete an entrance form based on the Common Application. Each applicant also raised...
...that the gamers aren’t aware of their dorky reputation: "That’s why I play indoors," admits Jon. I. Rafkind, a Northeastern graduate...