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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...poorer neighbor promised to cut carbon emissions 50% below 2002 levels by 2050, far in excess of anything the U.S. has pledged. India announced a plan to boost solar power, Brazil promised a 70% cut in its annual deforestation rate by 2017, and South Africa initiated a program to stop growth of its carbon emissions by 2025. "Developing countries are starting to signal an emerging willingness to take action," says Jake Schmidt, the international climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. That's key, given the fact that developing countries - a category that encompasses nations as different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Talk, Little Action, at UN Climate-Change Summit | 12/13/2008 | See Source »

Schwartz said in response that “we need to stop stigmatizing people for their choices and [focus on] opening up spaces for everyone...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Apathy Marks UC Town Hall Meeting | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...administrators say ‘no,’ will we stop?” Flores said. “No. We need to show them that students care...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Apathy Marks UC Town Hall Meeting | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...never end. Felicity thought her breasts would spin off into the fiery void of their own accord. And then there was Frederick, only a few feet away, his pale, wan face upturned and shocked, his watery eyes bulging and mouth gaping like a trout, and still Zalathal did not stop. Felicity charged over her husband. She heard the triumphant crunch of bone, the satisfying curtailment of her husband’s prayer as Zalathal’s powerful hoofs crushed his throat...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE STABLE BOY | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

Experts say Guatemala is no longer a mere drug corridor, but rather an essential and highly lucrative pit stop on the road north. One Guatemalan columnist likened the country's new role to a "privateering port." Julio Godoy, former vice-minister of security in Guatemala's interior department, called Guatemala "one big warehouse" for drugs. More and more Mexicans with suspected drug links are turning up in Guatemala. "They're clearly here essentially to establish themselves and to take on rivals," says ambassador McFarland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico Exports Its Drug Wars to Guatemala | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

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