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...production of CFCs, which are used to make plastic foam and as coolants in refrigerators and air conditioners. These gases account for an estimated 15% of the greenhouse effect. Another strategy is to burn as much methane as possible. That adds CO2 to the air, but getting rid of the methane is well worth it. Both gases trap heat, but as a greenhouse gas, methane traps 20 times as much heat as carbon dioxide, molecule for molecule...
...this retired advertising account executive, handing out 300 pairs of gloves every year on New York's infamous skid row, which runs from Chinatown a dozen or so blocks north to Cooper Square. "Oh, if I just wanted to stand here and give them away, I could get rid of 1,000 in an hour. Easy. But I prefer to go looking for the people I want. The ones who avoid eye contact. It is not so much the gloves, but telling people they count...
...long voyage of the Pelicano is a stark symbol of the environmental exploitation of poor countries by the rich. It also represents the single most irresponsible and reckless way to get rid of the growing mountains of refuse, much of it poisonous, that now bloat the world's landfills. Indiscriminate dumping of any kind -- in a New Jersey swamp, on a Haitian beach or in the Indian Ocean -- simply shifts potentially hazardous waste from one place to another. The practice only underscores the enormity of what has become an urgent global dilemma: how to reduce the gargantuan waste by-products...
...Jackson says, "no way I'm going away." So for many Democrats, both black and white, the Jackson factor is becoming the Jackson problem. "What does Jesse want?" 1988's continual refrain, has become "How do we treat him?" a code question for "How do we get rid of Jackson and still retain black support...
Stanford's present policy on reporting grades is based on a "record of achievement" concept. Since 1969, when the faculty voted to get rid of failing grades, Stanford has not kept any permanent record of courses students fail. The school records only courses in which they do passing work...