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Think of carbon dioxide, the main gas that causes global warming, and you'll likely picture a polluting factory in China; neon lights in Tokyo, an SUV sitting in traffic on the freeways of Santa Monica. But while industry, electricity and transportation all add to the greenhouse effect, there's another villain less well known: our forests. Or, rather, the lack of them. Forests, especially in the lush tropics, suck and store carbon, which is released when trees are cut down or burnt. At the current rate of destruction, deforestation is estimated to account for up to 20% of human...
Shuttles from the Quad were heavily delayed as a result of deadlocked traffic weaving through Harvard Square, frustrating students bundled up on their way to class...
...Eyzaguirre's complaint is common among Santiago residents these days - ever since the government launched the new transit system in February, commuters have found their daily journeys to work disrupted, their metro trains overcrowded and their roads clogged with traffic...
...mainstream media do, it's the non-mainstream media. A Google blog search for "Top 10 list" returns rankings of "ways investing is like sex," "hottest smart girls in Hollywood" and "reasons why you should not stop posting Top 10 lists," from Cornwallseo.com a website about maximizing website traffic. Lists are inherently bloggy. They're bite-size, they're opinionated, and they're a guaranteed spur to conversation, which is to say argument. But hey, clicks are clicks...
...licenses required to operate out of Cambridge. The company had gotten a “stop-location†allowed Vamoose to stop in front of either the Charles Hotel or on Mt. Auburn St., in front of Lowell House, said Susan E. Clippinger, the director of the Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department. But Vamoose never got a “jitney license,†the permit that allows companies to pick up and drop passengers within the City of Cambridge. The news comes at a particularly inconvenient time for many students, who had planned to travel home...