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...decision issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board is so important. Responding to a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club over a new coal plant being build on American Indian reservation land in Utah, the board ruled that the EPA has no valid reason to refuse to regulate the CO2 emissions that come from new coal-powered plants. The decision pointed to a May 2007 ruling by the Supreme Court that recognized CO2, the main cause of climate change, is indeed a pollutant under the federal Clean Air Act and therefore needs...
...still be there with the team the whole way, doing anything I can do to help.” Van Nest, a three-star recruit, would have filled a huge gap in the middle of the Crimson rotation. He was highly touted out of prep school, and for good reason. In addition to being recruited by Georgetown and Virginia, he was one of 24 nominees from Massachusetts for McDonald’s All-American and the 12th-ranked player from Massachusetts by Rivals.com. These are not titles usually associated with a Harvard recruit. But all that is changing under coach...
...focused. Come on, I said. The Republican Club makes jokes about it. You must know that other students talk about you as someone who could be president. “I think the subject has probably come up before,” he said. There must be a reason, I told him. If you don’t want to be president, why does it keep coming up? “I’m trying to think of a funny answer,” he said. He kept shifting. “Why has the subject come...
...Perhaps September’s power-sharing agreement was not a major step forward for Zimbabwe, but I stand by my optimism. More people need to find a reason to hope for Zimbabwe and support their optimism with concrete efforts wherever they can. The worst that can happen is temporary disappointment, followed by renewed efforts. When the stakes are this high, the global community must accept that small risk...
...craft" - its primary mission - according to a report obtained by the independent Navy Times. Navy officials say the third and fourth vessels are performing much better. The rush to produce the fleet might make military sense if they were needed, but the last time Marines stormed ashore - the key reason the taxpayers are spending $14 billion on the San Antonio and at least eight more ships just like it - was nearly 60 years ago, at Inchon during the Korean...