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Last week, W. Hugo Van Vuuren ’07 was dining at Ghana’s most expensive hotel, its lushness visible—until the lights went off. A humorous moment in retrospect, this is the reality in many parts of Africa, where even the continent’s most developed countries have consistent problems with lighting. Twenty-six percent of Africa’s population does not have access to electricity. Fortuitously, Van Vuuren was eating among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa Competition 2008. He is a member of a team...
...updated by researchers at the school to present the latest data in a clear, straightforward way. “We want to have the latest science available to the public in a way that can help them to eat well and stay healthy,” said Lilian W. Cheung, the editorial director of the Nutrition Source site. According to Cheung, the Web site was first launched in 2003 and catered to a varied audience ranging from health professionals to the average consumer. After many visitors requested information that was already available on the site, Cheung said that she felt...
...rain-swept balcony of a nature center perched high above Rattlesnake Lake in the Cascade Mountains of Washington, John McCain is describing the chasm that separates him from George W. Bush on global warming. "The President and I have disagreed on this issue for many years," he says, glancing right and left in search of the most expressive word he can find. "There's a longstanding... significant... deep... and strong difference on this issue...
...Presidents in American history at a time when 80 percent of voters say the country is heading down the wrong track. So while the Democrats are busy finishing up their fight, McCain has been looking for ways to prove that his first term wouldn't be tantamount to George W. Bush's third. The trouble is, there isn't a great deal of hard evidence for this proposition. McCain supports Bush's war in Iraq (though he criticized its execution) and Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy (though he previously opposed them). He has spoken passionately against Bush...
...explore it with him-in the campaign and perhaps as early as next month, when Lieberman-Warner hits the Senate floor. Both the country and, eventually, the climate itself will benefit from this crucial debate, made possible because, on global warming at least, John McCain really isn't George W. Bush...