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...Harvard (News, “PSLM Members Storm Mass. Hall,” April 19). These students are actually trying to address the issue of those who work full time and still live in poverty, in this case while employed by the richest university on the planet...
...actually persuade the faithful to stop their plundering and buy electricity from nonpolluting sources? In this way, they could ease their conscience and help limit the damage done by fossil-fuel-powered plants, which produce about 40% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, the gas most responsible for raising the planet's temperature...
...Green Mountain remains the most dedicated national player. The total output of U.S. renewables is 16,500 MW, about 2% of the total U.S. grid. 'Until the demand for green energy increases, you're just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic,' says Adam Markham of Clean Air?Cool Planet, a nonprofit in Portsmouth...
...clean-up costs after floods, droughts, submerging coasts, skin cancer, lost crops, etc. Bush seems to have deluded himself into thinking he is not dumping his garbage in his own backyard, but the weather gods do not respect man-made boundaries. Instead of teaching Americans to respect their planet, he is leading them (and everyone else) to future suffering. SHANNON WALLER Barcelona...
...good news is that it is not too late to slow the warming trend. I get my optimism from Charles Alexander, who has been writing and editing environment stories for TIME since he oversaw our Planet of the Year issue (Jan. 2, 1989). Charles has always believed that we should explore solutions with at least as much energy and passion as we spend describing problems, an approach that led to our two-year series on Heroes of the Planet. This week's coverage includes a one-page guide to what you can do to fight global warming in your home...