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...science complex, which will house Harvard’s Stem Cell Institute, will consist of four buildings connected by glass sky bridges. The complex will utilize environmentally friendly techniques to keep greenhouse gas emissions at least 50 percent below the national standard...
Morris: Why do you think we didn't require any standard documents until now? How do you explain that, when so many people in other countries carry passports or national ID cards, and it's no big deal...
...technical, dull and remote: It's hard to gin up much general interest in, say, another green paper on financial regulation, however incisive it may be. But today's announcement in Brussels was a blockbuster: a sweeping package of measures to combat climate change that sets a global standard and means major changes for how Europe gets its energy...
...Germany, who will be asked to bear the brunt of the emissions-cutting targets. By contrast, new and poorer countries in central and eastern Europe will be allowed to increase their emissions by up to 20% from 2005 levels, reflecting their desire to catch up with the higher standard of living in western Europe...
...Israeli officials grumble that they have been outfoxed by the PR machine of Hamas, and that they are being held to a double standard: While Israel is scolded by the United Nations for inflicting "collective punishment" on Gaza, Israelis say that Palestinian militants have no qualms about ignoring international condemnation and targeting Israeli civilians with their badly aimed homemade rockets. (Gaza militants fired over a hundred rockets during the past week, but miraculously no Israelis were killed...