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When Coldplay cut A Rush of Blood to the Head, the rock band didn't want the album's production and distribution to add to the greenhouse gases flowing into the atmosphere. So, working with a small British firm, the CarbonNeutral Co., the group bought 10,000 mango trees for villagers in Karnataka, India. Since plants breathe in carbon dioxide as they grow, Coldplay figures the mango trees will eventually neutralize all the CO2 released in the making and selling...
Take, for example, Sweden's nationwide rush to convert cars from gasoline to fuels like ethanol and biogas fermented from plant waste. Stations that sell alternative fuels are springing up all over the country, and fully 13% of new autos sold in February, the most recent month for which numbers are available, can run on ultra-low-emission substances...
...lived until you’ve worn a kilt and flip-flops when it’s only 15 degrees outside,” Brown says. “In all seriousness, it’s a lot of fun. There’s sort of an adrenaline rush involved too, which is good, because otherwise I’d probably get frostbite...
...help alleviate the needs of students and that everyone will continue working on finding a solution.” Two Fridays ago, between four and five, a flock of famished first years filled up on food, as a half dozen dining hall employees enjoyed some downtime before the dinner rush. Thayer resident Jennifer M. DeCoste ’09 said her 4:30 p.m. dinner would be her “last food of the day,” an inconceivable prospect for most students. “Sometimes I steal an apple [for later],” she said...
...busy president had to rush off to another engagement, so he left behind an unfinished dinner—and half of a roll...