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...Great Arctic Grab As a university student of ecology and evolutionary biology, I would prefer that the Arctic remain largely untouched and unspoiled [Oct. 1]. But since profit-driven exploitation of the increasingly accessible area is inevitable, substantial fees should be imposed on corporations and nations that profit from what ought to be considered world heritage. Monies collected could aid biodiversity conservation and ameliorate poverty. But it's more likely that we will see the traditional unholy alliance of nationalism, greed and business as usual. Fred Drumlevitch Tucson, Arizona...
...commissioner for consumer protection in the European Union (E.U.) criticized the U.S. organization responsible for product safety and urged the two bodies to work together to enforce higher standards, in a speech Tuesday at the Center for European Studies (CES). “In the area of the governance of product safety, the US might stand to benefit from a closer study of what has been done in Europe over the years,” commissioner Meglena Kuneva said in her talk, titled “Consumer Protection as a Challenge and Opportunity for the Transatlantic Agenda...
...This was a big win for Boston area competition,” said senior captain Jana Berglund. “The team as a whole stepped...
...lost revenue would be closer to $100,000, the Boston Globe reported. All of the meters in Gannon’s house were found emptied with tags of their designated street addresses. Six of the parking meters were from Somerville, while the rest were from the East Cambridge area. While the Cambridge Traffic, Parking, and Transportation department had noticed that meters had begun disappearing last year from Cambridge and Somerville, authorities had been unable to nab the so-called “meter bandit.” “There’s never been anything that...
...possibilities of research by imposing regulatory controls on the acquisition of ova for therapeutic cloning. According to Kevin Casey, the University’s senior director of federal and state relations, “it is a fact that in states where they have not passed legislation in the area of stem cell research, research can be conducted more freely than in states where they have new laws that are at times more restrictive.” In places without legislation in place, stem cell research is privately funded and can be conducted through guidelines established by the individual scientific...