Word: rogerses
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Harvard researchers, led by McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering Peter P. Rogers, have begun a two-year project to tackle that problem. they plan to design a numerical environmental index which would allow those who invest in developing Asian countries to better assess the environmental impact of their loans.
To quantify differences in pollution levels among countries, Rogers has decided to use a "cost-of-repair" methodology to approach the problem.
According to a report written by Rogers, the methodology involves viewing environmental damage in terms of the money needed to remedy both "brown" pollution, which includes direct emissions into the air andwater; and "green" pollution, which includesecosystem damage and loss of biodiversity.
However, in his report Rogers notes that thecost-of-repair approach does have some drawbacks.For example, it is difficult to assign repaircosts to such intangibles as a loss of aestheticsor damage to habitat. Moreover, socialconsiderations such as equity and the role ofwomen would be very difficult to incorporate intothe model...
WHEN EXECUTIVES REPRESENTing 88 public-TV stations gathered in Washington last week to talk about the Republican-led campaign to end federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service, they came not to praise high-toned PBS shows like Masterpiece Theatre and Live From Lincoln Center. Instead speaker after speaker trooped...