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...renewable energy and financing sustainable construction. The grant will allow the center to step up its research efforts into carbon capture as part of Harvard’s Climate Solutions Program. Carbon capture and storage is the practice of depositing compressed carbon dioxide within geologic formations in order to prevent its release into the atmosphere. “We’re looking to bring together an interdisciplinary team of faculty from across the University to look at the very real difficulties associated with implementing carbon capture and storage systems and technologies,” said Jim I. Clem...
Both Koenigs and Waite are bringing humor to the UC campaign trail, which has been called self-important at times by other members of the student body. They both said they aim to prevent the race from becoming overly serious...
...earlier that day by Israeli security forces of settlers occupying a Hebron house whose ownership is in dispute. Initial indications were that the rioting settlers had injured at least 15 Palestinians, two or three of whom had suffered gunshot wounds, and Israeli security officials were on high alert to prevent any attempted settler terrorist attacks on Palestinian mosques or other facilities. Israeli security officials told TIME of their fear that the current confrontation could prompt some militants to try to emulate Baruch Goldstein, the settler lionized by extremists for his massacre of 29 Muslims in a shooting spree...
...Sachdev, a retired civil servant who lives with his wife in an upscale development in the city's southwest. "Every morning when I get up, my main worry is water," his wife Kusum says. Near the entrance to their flat, they keep a 265-gal. storage tank--locked to prevent theft. The couple are awake by 6:30 a.m. to ensure that the municipal supply is running, and they use an ultraviolet filter to purify water intended for drinking or cooking because contamination is constant...
...dangerous situation, Rice, Admiral Mike Mullen, and other U.S. officials have to come up with a formula that does several things at once. First, it would have to satisfy India's need to be seen to be responding to the Mumbai atrocities; at the same time, it has to prevent a confrontation with Pakistan that jeopardizes the U.S. effort in Afghanistan; and finally, it must avoid provoking a domestic political crisis in Pakistan that could bring down Zardari's civilian government. President-elect Barack Obama has made clear his desire to resolve the India-Pakistan conflict as a basis...