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...worth the risks of drilling in vulnerable coastal ecosystems in the Atlantic and the Arctic. But unless we find a way to break our addiction to oil and develop viable, scaled-up energy alternatives, we'll be fighting this same battle over and over again. If environmentalists block oil exploration in the U.S., we'll look for it elsewhere - perhaps in the eastern Amazon, where much of the rain forest is already under oil and gas leases, just waiting to be developed. And the ecological impact could be even worse there, where environmental regulations are far less extensive...
...start of the first set would set the tone for the match, with Harvard taking an early lead, 4-3, on a block from senior Soren Rosier. The Crimson held this lead until the score reached 12-11, but two consecutive blocks by the Saints’ Keoni Rabaino gave Emmanuel the lead for the first time since the beginning...
Harvard maintained this five-point lead up until 24-19 after a block from Jones followed by a kill and an ace from Kuld. Emmanuel coach Chris Wright called a timeout, but just like the first set, the Crimson held strong...
Annoule covered about 35 miles in the darkness, with long spreads of silence and bursts of cries for help. As he approached his sister-in-law's house in the Port-au-Prince district of Carrefour Feuilles, each block no longer resembled what he remembered. And the four-story apartment building where he had left his daughter was flattened. "When I got to the house, I saw my sister-in law with her arms stretched out, and I knew," says Annoule, fixing his eyes on the ground. (See TIME's coverage of the earthquake in Haiti...
Harvard came out of the timeout on a tear, tying the game at 28 with a block and then taking the lead after NYU was whistled for too many touches...