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...more efficient, and eventually carbon-based bunker fuels will need to be swapped out for low-carbon alternative fuels. The Carbon War Room is looking to start the process by compiling information about which ships and lines are most efficient, and then pressing shipping companies - and the customers who depend on them - to use companies that have adopted the best practices...
...rises over the next century, the scientists argue, Earth's habitable climatic zones will start moving too, generally away from the Equator and toward the poles. That means many species of plants and animals will also have to move in order to survive. Whether or not they do will depend on several factors, but two of the most important are how fast a species can adjust its habitat range, and how quickly that range is moving out from under it. (See "COP15: Climate-Change Conference...
...stature, our status, and the success of our satellite offices depend on high-level attention,” University Provost Steven E. Hyman says...
Hospital spokesman Kevin Myron wrote in an e-mailed statement yesterday that under Popp’s leadership, the hospital hopes “to continue to build on a department whose future holds a bountiful promise to make a difference in the lives of those who depend...
...President Obama, the era of big Government is not over. "It is true, we cannot depend on government alone to create jobs or generate long-term growth," he proclaimed in his first budget to Congress. But "at this particular moment, government must lead the way." A partial Obama to-do list, only some of it done, includes a remake of the health care and energy sectors; a $787 billion stimulus bill aimed, so far, mostly at public employment; takeovers of General Motors and Chrysler; a "pay czar" to cut salaries at bailed-out banks and a proposed new consumer-protection...