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...cutting carbon emissions - between 1980 and 2004, the country's GDP rose 56% while CO2 emissions dropped 35% - and thanks to smart policies and investment, more than a quarter of Denmark's electricity now comes from renewable sources. Danish companies also punch well above their weight in the growing wind turbine industry. To drum up global support for the summit, Hedegaard can easily make the case that the economy doesn't have to come before the environment - even during a global recession. "This isn't just about the climate crisis," she says. "This is about how we will grow...
...obsolete” technology—were unsatisfied with Leer’s defense of coal. “Clean coal is like healthy cancer. I don’t believe it exists.” said Andrew Stern, Vice President of Citizen Advocates for Renewable Energy, which installed wind turbines from which Harvard buys energy credits. However, many audience members said they respected Leer’s pragmatism. “His basic message was that there is an enormous amount of incredibly cheap coal and people are going to exploit that—it is a fact...
...where fertility treatment is often scoffed at by insurance companies, women paying for the costly procedures out of pocket want to wind up with a baby as quickly - and cheaply - as possible. One IVF cycle can cost upwards of $10,000. Often, women decide their best shot is by increasing the number of embryos transferred...
...that the Straus Cup will remain in its new home, he gave a nod to worthy challengers. “It’s Kirkland House,” he said. “But they’re a distant second.” Even if they do wind up the silver-medal recipients, Kirkland House residents find comfort outside of the IM championship. “I’d rather get second place every year and live in Kirkland House than ever live in Winthrop House,” said Kirkland HoCo secretary Kelly N. Bodwin...
Three weeks later and the complaints are rather different. A scorching northwesterly wind has blasted much of southeastern Australia for almost a week, creating the worst heat wave in the region for 70 years. Dozens of people reportedly died in the heat, many of them elderly. More than half a million homes and businesses lost power for days, railway lines buckled and bushfires burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed at least 29 homes. "We're in uncharted waters, unprecedented condition. It's the hottest week since records began," the Premier (Governor) of Victoria John Brumby told reporters...