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Your cover story provides a distorted, inaccurate picture of biofuels. The overwhelming body of data demonstrates the carbon benefits of biofuels. For every unit of energy it takes to make domestic biodiesel, 3.5 units are gained, giving biodiesel the highest energy balance of any liquid fuel. It also has a 78% life-cycle carbon dioxide reduction. In 2007 alone, biodiesel's contribution to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions was the equivalent of removing 700,000 passenger vehicles from America's roadways. The U.S. biodiesel industry strongly opposes rain-forest destruction and nonsustainable agricultural practices. It is implementing a major initiative...
...Cambridge, co-captains David MacDonald and Mike Taylor began discussing their hockey futures with coach Ted Donato ’91. Both had had outstanding seasons—Taylor was the leading scorer for the Crimson with 12 goals and 23 assists, while MacDonald anchored a blue-line unit that led the ECAC in scoring defense with just 1.86 goals allowed per conference game. The loss to Princeton in the ECAC championship game was painful, but they couldn’t let it impede their long-term goal: to play professional hockey.“We would rather at this...
Somewhere along Mugabe’s 28 years of unchecked rule, however, Zimbabwe lost its way. Within a year of coming to power, Mugabe signed a deal with North Korea to have a military unit trained by war-hardened Asian communists. The Korean-trained brigade was responsible for a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign against a racial minority, the Ndebele, who had sought autonomy from Mugabe’s increasingly authoritarian rule. The campaign was baptized “Gukurahundi,” which in the language of Mugabe’s racial majority, the Shona, means “cleansing...
...feeling good about their swing,” Hazlett added. With Ivies looming, Harvard will look to translate this momentum into a league title. Considering how flawlessly the squad bridged the four-month gap between competitive matches, the Crimson’s consistent play will make it a formidable unit heading into the league’s biggest tournament...
...size of the unit loan is currently...