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Clinton lamented the Senate’s failure during his administration to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty that would have limited the United States’ greenhouse-gas emissions. He pointed to the “extraordinary economic success which has come to countries who have taken this seriously...
...Finally, Kraft broke all protocol and proposed to speak to Schirra directly. Slayton offered to do it himself, figuring that as one astronaut to another he could communicate more candidly. Slayton did just that and later reported back to Kraft...
...systems and fuel economy standards? Where do the Kerrys stand on whether the federal government should use its power to alter personal behavior, either through taxing carbon fuels or subsidizing small-scale renewable energy systems? And what about global environmental agreements—such as how an ideal Kyoto Protocol should be structured—and the sorts of environmental protections should be written into free trade deals? These final questions should be second-nature to Kerry, a long-time member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.Like advertised, the Kerrys’ book is a fine complement to the work...
...actually not the kind of thing that would happen at a Chinese banquet, but we have to start with some cultural compromises,” he said. Forty students—chosen out of a 140-person lottery—attended “Eastern Etiquette: A Guide to Protocol, Manners, and Culture in China,” co-sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association (HRCSA) and the Harvard International Business Club (HIB), held at the Royal East Restaurant in Cambridge. HIB manager Edmond W. F. Cheuk ’09 said that the event was organized...
...Prime Minister is deeply interested in climate change," says a senior Japanese foreign ministry official. "As we finish the first phase of the Kyoto [Protocol], the world will have to grapple with climate change in one way or the other...