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...other polls indicate that a rising number of Americans do care about climate change, are in favor of stronger federal action on global warming and are even willing to pay a bit more for it. But despite a growing group of committed activists, many of them young, climate change seems to remain a soft issue, like most anything smacking of environmentalism. Most Americans are in favor of it (who doesn't like nature?), but aren't necessarily willing to take to the streets or the ballot box for it. That's perhaps understandable - fear of a warmer world...
...backyard’ to ‘build absolutely nothing anywhere near anybody,’” he said. Yesterday’s address was part of a semester-long series sponsored by the Institute of Politics and the Harvard Environmental Action Committee...
...won’t go quietly, either. The Demons come into this season as the defending Southland Conference East Division champion for the 3rd year straight. After winning both its exhibition games, NSU is primed for the weekend’s action. The two teams have never played...
...fixed-income department at Merrill Lynch. After Bill Gates’s speech, some seniors found it difficult to listen to a billionaire demand that they embark on careers that almost universally result in economic privation. Others admired the bold sentiment and were empowered by the call to action. “It’s—I wouldn’t say hypocritical, but maybe ironic, that he didn’t start giving back until later. It’s that hindsight is 20/20 phenomenon. He can say what he wants to say, and he?...
...Peru has moved to enact these requirements, making it the most likely to pass muster with tree huggers and union lovers. But experts say there is little chance the other three - Colombia, South Korea and Panama (which has not yet passed laws similar to Peru's) - will see any action this year or next. And it is likely that they will have to be substantially rewritten in order to be considered...