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...trade” system to establish an economic disincentive for carbon emission by requiring polluters to pay a fine to the government or to other smaller polluters should they pass a certain emissions benchmark. As soon as the votes were finished being counted in the House, conventional wisdom declared the bill dead in the Senate, where it faces overwhelming opposition by Republicans and considerable opposition by Democrats hailing from coal-producing states. Among the latter is Montana Senator Max Baucus, who said, “We cannot afford the unmitigated impacts of climate change but we also cannot afford...
...geoengineering and to approach climate change. While geoengineering shouldn't be ignored, Levitt and Dubner's biggest mistake in their examination of the topic lay in being seduced by a clever-sounding, cheap and contrarian shortcut. Climate change, however, is one issue for which the conventional wisdom still works, even though it's costly - and even though conventional wisdom won't sell 3 million books...
...Panicky) Spirit of '76 In her article on swine flu, Amanda Ripley ignores the U.S. government's ambitious campaign to vaccinate the country against swine flu during the 1976 scare [Oct. 5]. This debacle resulted in decades of study on the wisdom of mass-vaccination campaigns and the ultimatum from swine-flu-vaccine makers - agreed to by the U.S. government in June - that they must be granted immunity from lawsuits. The 1976 campaign saw expensive lawsuits against the government from the families of the 25 people who died and the 500 or so who were partly paralyzed by Guillain-Barr...
Jordan E. Sessler ’13 said Patrick’s message had “great wisdom and energy,” adding that “it was especially valuable to know there are many ways for people to serve their communities.” Patrick encouraged the audience to have the courage to transcend their own interests by taking action in the realm of public service...
...those of you thinking about getting serious with that cutie from section, you might want to consider Foster’s words of wisdom: “Love is hard to come by. If you find it, don?...