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Such a command-and-control regime is a long way off, and may never happen - especially if cap and trade is finally passed. But with the most important environmental summit in history kicking off, the EPA's news couldn't come at a better time for greens. "Every positive announcement will improve our chances of staying below the 2°C target," said Danish Minister Connie Hedegaard, who is presiding over the Copenhagen summit. "But we all know only too well, we are not there...
Health officials in the U.S. are reporting that the current wave of H1N1 swine flu appears to have peaked. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups, new infections are declining in most states, though the virus continues to spread in Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as remote parts of the U.S. Experts also caution that H1N1 might return later this winter. The virus has killed at least 6,700 people worldwide since April...
...place anymore. The petite, soft-spoken activist from Nagasaki prefecture is one of more than two dozen rookie female politicians who three months ago swept into the legislature on a groundswell of antiestablishment public sentiment. During watershed national elections on Aug. 30, voters not only handed control of the government to the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) after more than five decades of rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), they also elected a record number of women to high office. The Diet now includes 96 women among its 722 members in the upper and lower houses. More than...
...against Boston University (3-4) at Lavieties Pavilion yesterday, the Crimson (5-3) found itself staring down a 41-30 deficit and a hot Terriers squad that was riding a 7-2 run to open the frame. With her team on the verge of completely losing control of the contest, Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith decided that it was time to make a statement...
...Kessler’s dominance, her Gopher counterpart, Noora Raty, had the tougher job Saturday afternoon, as the Crimson outshot Minnesota, 39-29. It was Harvard that took control of the puck early and repeatedly challenged...