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...environmentalists, however, don't really want to see the EPA take all the responsibility for reducing carbon emissions, using a law that was drafted before climate change was a known threat. Instead, they see federal regulations as a protective stopgap measure until Congress can pass national carbon cap-and-trade legislation specifically tailored to global warming. "It's not going to be easy, but it can be done," says Doniger. Since the only thing that coal-industry executives and other fossil-fuel peddlers fear more than a carbon cap is EPA regulation, he might just be right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The EPA's Move to Regulate Carbon: A Stopgap Solution | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...lasted from 1926 to 1989 and witnessed a government-sanctioned boom in urban renewal via tourism, sporting, and even fashion. The exhibition utilizes these three topics in order to shift the works into separate but relatable categories. In the 1930s, though Japan had only opened its ports to Western trade mere decades prior, nationalistic ambition generated the impetus to fashion Tokyo after the capital cities of Europe with a hope to rival them in opulence and global status. The campaign included an official bureau of tourism, a national park system, improved transportation, and department stores large enough to include swimming...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MFA Shows Off Showa Style | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...announce that people were leaving,” he said, adding that he knew about many professors’ departures before students did. Due to the cancellation of Summers’ class, “The Contents of Globalization: Issues, Actors, and Decisions,” only one International Trade and Finance class is being offered this term, posing a challenge for some ITF concentrators. The Kennedy School administration has presented a more sanguine view on the situation, stressing the benefits professors will reap from experience in Washington. “For us it’s exciting that...

Author: By Niha S Jain, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Upset As Professors Depart | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

...Harper acknowledged a push by the U.S. to strengthen labor and environmental provisions under NAFTA, which underpins the world's biggest trade relationship, accounting for as much as $1.5 billion in daily trade between Canada and the U.S. prior to last year's economic meltdown. "We can address these concerns without opening NAFTA and unraveling a complex agreement," said Harper. The tough rhetoric Obama fired at NAFTA during the election campaign has been replaced by caution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama and the Canadians: Upbeat in Ottawa | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

That Israelis would vote such an agenda into government is a measure of their country's unwillingness to meet the international consensus that Israel trade land for peace with its neighbors. Ever since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip and began launching rockets into Israel, fewer and fewer Israelis see trading land for peace as a sustainable option. Nevertheless, during the Israeli military incursion into Gaza earlier this year, most Israelis were shocked to find that public opinion in Europe and the U.S. did not automatically support what they considered an appropriate act of self-defense. A Netanyahu government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preparing for a Hard-Right Israel | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

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