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...biodiesel the highest energy balance of any liquid fuel. It also has a 78% life-cycle carbon dioxide reduction. In 2007 alone, biodiesel's contribution to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions was the equivalent of removing 700,000 passenger vehicles from America's roadways. The U.S. biodiesel industry strongly opposes rain-forest destruction and nonsustainable agricultural practices. It is implementing a major initiative to enhance the overall sustainability of biodiesel production. Biodiesel increases our renewable-energy supply, adds well-paying, green jobs to the economy and reduces carbons and other emissions. I am proud to work in an industry that addresses...
...cleansing campaign against a racial minority, the Ndebele, who had sought autonomy from Mugabe’s increasingly authoritarian rule. The campaign was baptized “Gukurahundi,” which in the language of Mugabe’s racial majority, the Shona, means “cleansing rain.” Mugabe’s aggressive policies were not merely internal. Along with other African success stories like Angola and Libya, Zimbabwe sent troops to the Second Congo War in 1999, where Mugabe’s family had recently acquired mining contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars...
...long lines. 7) Plasma TVs mounted on dining hall walls, broadcasting pertinent information like which dishes require a fork. 8) Instead of “Savory Spotlights,” HUDS will fly someone’s mom in every week to actually do the cooking. 9) Make It Rain was decent, but PfoHo can outdo itself next year. Real Benjamins, baby. 10) Screw recruiting. Harvard can buy the Celtics. Does that violate any Ivy League standards? 11) To conserve, showerheads will be removed and students will receive an Evian bottle for daily showering. In most respects, this sucks...
...current was pulling us down the race course.” As the races progressed, a slight headwind turned to become a slight tailwind, which combined with tidal currents that strengthened over the morning helped to push and pull the boats through the course. Light rain over flat water kept conditions cool. “Each race was faster than the last. The river added a lot of speed to the teams after that,” Bosworth said of the effect of the tide. Though this was the first time out for the Black and White, the Bears, perennial...
...Russia where he has brought most things under his control, even the weather seemed to do President Vladimir Putin's bidding last Saturday when his U.S. counterpart flew in for a valedictory summit. The rain clouds that had threatened all week were nowhere to be seen, and the Black Sea, usually choppy at this time of year was preternaturally still, providing the perfect backdrop for the two leaders to be photographed walking off into the sunset...