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Climate-change critics like Republican Senator James Inhofe may rail against China, but the PNAS paper shows that while Beijing may be leading the world in carbon emissions, that output is in large part due to the fact that it is using energy to make clothes, cars and toys for the rest of us. It also demonstrates that Europe - whose per capita carbon footprint is less than half that of the U.S. - essentially imports some of its green virtue from abroad by outsourcing its carbon emissions. "It does shrink the gap somewhat between the U.S. and Europe," says Davis...
...medical and public-health needs as they relate to sex, it "sheds no light on the intriguing - and still poorly understood - question of why, even though they enjoy fewer years of sexually active life, many women do not perceive this as a 'problem.' " (See pictures of longevity around the world...
...Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute. In defining Black Art, Baraka spoke of his experiences growing up in a segregated society and took an explicitly political stance on what Black Art ought to do: “We create art because we want to change the world... we want to liberate the world, liberate the people...
Dodson has been a lifelong proponent of indigenous rights around the world. He was named the 2009 Australian of the Year by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who thanked Dodson for his dedication to the Aboriginal people...
...will also be a good opportunity to find out more about some of the work being done in the US that I can bring back to Australia,” Dodson said in the ANU press release. “Indigenous peoples from around the world have much to gain from sharing knowledge about their individual efforts to win full rights and recognition...