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...fact that Earth Day is approaching on April 22 got me wondering who's had the most positive impact on the planet in recent history? Here's a surprise: one of the world's most influential environmentalists isn't an environmentalist at all. Nor is he an activist, a conservationist, or even someone who seems to spend a lot of time in the wilderness. He's an economist. His name is Richard Sandor, and more than anyone else, he invented the idea of emissions trading - a financial technique of capping and trading pollutants - which may be our best hope...
...title, this recurring scenario may ring a few bells. Especially with the new season of “Lost” starting in just a few days, the basic premise of the Freshman Musical “Castaways,” which runs in the Adams Pool Theatre through April 26, plays like a familiar, hackneyed old friend. But although this set up has the potential to be a boring reiteration of deserted island clichés, the details and the cast’s animated performances bring immediacy to the characters, who command the audience’s full...
...profile incidence of piracy off the lawless coast of Somalia appears to have ended well for everyone but the pirates. After holding the French luxury yacht Ponant for a week and allegedly securing a $2 million ransom from its owner, a band of Somali marauders headed for shore on April 11 with its booty. That's when French navy commandos pounced to free the 30-man crew and, in a dramatic helicopter raid, hunt down the six pirates. They now await charges in Paris...
...Lowell House’s Eco Month activities, which also include an “eco trivia night” and an “eco dinner,” according to Lowell HoCo Co-Chair Amanda K. Fields ’09. Although Earth Day is not until April 22, Fields said that the HoCo and Lowell House Eco-Rep Susan E DeWolf ’10 decided not to wait. “We wanted to do a whole month of eco activities,” Fields said. DeWolf, who is also a Crimson photographer, said that...
...April 18 story, "Some Bacteria Eat Antibiotics," misstated the title of Gautam Dantas. He is a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, not a professor...