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Once touted as an environmental and economic cure-all, corn ethanol has had a rough year. The collapse in grain and oil prices, preceded by overinvestment in refineries over the past few years, badly hurt ethanol producers. Meanwhile, environmentalists have steadily chipped away at ethanol's green credentials. Far from being better for the planet than gasoline, many scientists now argue that ethanol actually has a sizable carbon footprint, because when farmers in the U.S. use their land to grow corn for fuel rather than food, farmers in the developing world end up cutting down more forests to pick...
...millions of Indians making less than $5,000 a year who are unable to afford decent dwellings. "We have realized that there is an opportunity at the bottom of the pyramid," says Brotin Banerjee, CEO of Tata Housing Development. (Read "India's Top Automaker, Tata Motors, Hits a Rough Patch...
...wilderness EMTs.Though the leader training may strike some as overly cautious, the Outing Club has learned that it is better to be safe than sorry. During spring break of 2006, a canoe trip in Charleston, South Carolina put the Outing Club to the test. Two students flipped over in rough waves and were carried away from the rest of the group. It was nearly an hour before the two were rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter and boat.Prospective members can rest assured though: Miller says nothing similar has occurred since. THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOXThough the Outing Club has many enthusiastic...
...texted him last night when you shouldn’t have. 2. Do not try to compete to show that you have more work than I do. I get that everyone wants to feel like a martyr. “You have two papers? Yeah, that’s rough. I have two papers due by lunchtime, after which I have five finals and seven summer applications. Oh, and all of my classes are still meeting.” Really? Well then stop chatting it up in the Lamont café and go do some work. 3. Don?...
...Read "India's Top Automaker, Tata Motors, Hits a Rough Patch...