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...forest are lost to the logger's ax or to fire every year, and that hurts the planet in two very important ways. Rare plants and animals, many still undiscovered, depend on the forests - especially the rich rain forests that encircle the earth either side of the equator. When the forests disappear, all that wildlife disappears as well. But trees also contain carbon, and while they live, they absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, compensating in part for the greenhouse gases spewed into the air from cars, power plants and factories. When trees are cut down or burned, that carbon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green Banks: Paying Countries to Keep their Trees | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...thought Corey’s shot selection tonight was great,” BU coach Dennis Wolff said.That shot selection seemed to include anywhere passed half court. He nailed three threes in the first half, all of them well beyond the arch. These weren’t open shots either as a variety of Harvard hoopsters went up against him and didn’t do a bad job.“Lowe was a guy we knew we certainly weren’t giving any easy looks to and I don’t think he had any easy...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defensive Woes, Turnovers Plague Crimson in Home Loss to Terriers | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

Among the more serious complaints against the plant proposal was its potential danger of disrupting local bird and fish habitats, but recently, even the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the wind farm will not be detrimental to either. Moreover, this has not been the only outside body to support this project: The Audubon Society, a national wildlife conservation group, has also given Cape Wind its backing...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: In Our Backyard, Please | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...timing is convenient for Bush as well. If he's now willing to consider a Senate run, then it's fair to assume he's also now open to a presidential bid, either in 2012 or 2016, when the Senate term would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Jeb Bush Might Run for the Senate | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...instead route them around South Africa. "As long as there is no firm deterrent, attacks will continue," said Noel Choong, chief of the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center in Kuala Lumpur. "The risks are low, and the returns are so high." And not only for the pirates, either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pirate Ransom Deal: Who Gets the Money? | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

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