Word: offsets
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...BIRD: Australia-based British designer Rachel Bending uses only water-based dyes for Bird, her range of organic cotton and linen fabrics, clothes and housewares. The brand also encourages employees to switch to solar power at home (where many of them work), and participates in schemes to offset its carbon emissions, supporting Australian solar-power and water-saving projects. Bending sees her well-made lines-typically featuring funky, retro-style patterns-as an antidote to the big, cheap fashion chains. "If something feels good, is made well and is good for the planet," she asks, "why would you throw...
...when Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman sponsored a bill that would set limits on industrial greenhouse gases and let companies that do better than required sell pollution credits to those that fail to meet targets. One credit worth of extra pollution from a dirty company is offset by one credit worth of extra cleanliness from a more environmentally conscious company, and the clean company is paid for its effort too. This is just the kind of strategy that was implemented in 1990 to curb sulfur dioxide--the leading cause of acid rain--and has resulted in a 35% reduction...
...announced in light of a decision to increase the freshman class by about 30. But since the College has no plans to increase the size of the overall student body in the near future—a policy we wholeheartedly support—the increase in freshmen must be offset with a decrease in transfers. Dean of Harvard College Benedict H. Gross ’71 said, “We made the decision because admissions—which reads all the files—felt that the freshman pool of applicants was deeper…than the pool...
CLARIFICATION: Due to an editing error, the March 22 news brief "Tuition and Expenses To Rise 4.5% Next Year, But Will Be Offset by Financial Aid Growth, Officials Say" did not fully contextualize a quote by Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles. Knowles was referring to a 6.8 percent increase in need-based financial aid when he said it reflected a “commitment to welcoming the most talent group of students to Harvard College...
...alone. Enough people are willing to place a bet on Giuliani that the candidate expected to have completed more than 50 fund-raising events, from coast to coast, by the end of March. A big number on his first-quarter financial report would help offset his slow start - compared with those of rivals John McCain and Mitt Romney - in building his campaign organization...