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An 11 percent reduction of this number would be consistent with policies already in place in 31 American cities and Yale University’s recent pledge to reduce emissions by 10 percent, according to government statistics.

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dean Supports Green Goals | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

In less than a week, Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will travel to Oslo to collect their Nobel Prize for their efforts to build awareness of, and combat climate change. Though they will collect a prize worth well over a million US dollars, we could...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Greener Pastures? | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

In the Faculty meeting on Nov. 13, I moved “that this faculty commits itself to fostering a civil dialogue in which people with a broad range of perspectives feel safe and are encouraged to express their reasoned and evidence-based ideas.” I intended this...

Author: By J. lorand Matory | Title: Orwellian Uses of ‘Free Speech’ | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

On the rare occasions when Obama's campaign decided to engage the Clinton campaign, such as when it was caught leaking opposition research done against Hillary to the media, it was deftly outmaneuvered. Her spokespeople were quick to characterize any engagement as a violation of Obama's pledge to practice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama: The Contender | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

Obama's Jefferson-Jackson dinner speech hit all the inspirational notes, with its pledge to bring Red America together with Blue America and its invocation of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "fierce urgency of now." But it was also an indictment, not only of the Bush brand of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack Obama: The Contender | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

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