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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...President Obama's first State of the Union address on Wednesday with mixed feelings. Yes, the President focused on the importance of investment in clean energy and energy efficiency as the best way to sustainably grow America's moribund economy, and he mentioned clean coal, biofuels and nuclear power (though not renewable energy), and he talked up the need to pass a "comprehensive energy and climate bill." But notably, he said nothing about putting a price on carbon - which is considered by most greens to be the key move to reduce global carbon emissions...
...report found that university endowments declined an average of 18.7 percent in the fiscal year ending June 30, confirmation that Harvard has not been alone in suffering large endowment losses—though the average university’s losses have been significantly less severe...
...first time in history, the Ancient Eight has a realistic, though unlikely, chance of being a two-bid league for the Big Dance. And because the conference is the only Division I grouping in the country to not feature a conference tournament, a trip to the tournament is determined by conference record—thus making tomorrow night’s game, along with the Feb. 19 matchup in Cambridge, crucial...
...battle with the Big Red has been getting most of the attention, Harvard will have to be careful if it is to make it upstate undefeated. The Crimson travels tonight to New York City to take on a dangerous Columbia team that ranks fifth nationally in three-point shooting. Though Cornell defeated the Lions by a combined 47 points in its previous two games, Columbia could still challenge the Crimson. The Lions feature one of the best scorers in the conference, guard Noruwa Agho...
...Though disputed by the other side, the argument has legal resonance because the U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled, in its landmark 2004 Lawrence v. Texas decision decriminalizing gay sex, that by itself moral opprobrium by the majority, no matter how long-standing, is not enough to justify discriminatory treatment of minorities, including gays and lesbians...