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...city of Cambridge should pursue a renewable wind-energy strategy that mimicks the successes of the city of Hull. There is no reason why Cambridge cannot receive 20 or 30 percent of its energy from offshore wind farms. However, it is clear that Cambridge and Hull are differently situated. Building an offshore wind farm that provides renewable energy for Cambridge will require another strategy...
Flaherty came in second place with about a quarter, and City Councilor Sam Yoon, Boston’s first Asian-American elected official and the only Asian-American ever to run for public office in the City, finished third with approximately 20 percent of the vote. Real estate developer Kevin McCrea finished last...
...elections with a large majority of votes. He has maintained approval ratings in the low 70s over the past few years despite the economic slump and criticism of Boston’s public school system, according to surveys by the Boston Globe. A poll from May found that 57 percent of Boston residents claimed to have met the Mayor personally...
...Representing the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, Hu took a fateful step in announcing China would cut carbon dioxide emissions by 2020. Several of the measures that Hu unveiled will have a dramatic impact, such as making 15 percent of China’s fuel come from non-fossil sources by that target date, while planting enough trees to cover what the Los Angeles Times calculated to be the entire size of Norway...
...University currently faces an unprecedented 30-percent loss in the value of its endowment. When the renovation plan was first announced in 2008, the endowment was valued at about $37 billion. The endowment is currently valued at $26 billion...