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...Climate, Oil, and Proliferation,” focused on reducing costs as a means to help the environment. Certain companies, driven by opportunities for increased profit, have shown that cutting back CO2 emissions is possible, he said. IBM and STMicroelectronics were able to cut their emissions by 6 percent while looking for ways to reduce costs. Similarly, when the Dow Chemical Company invested in efficiency rather than buy more fuel, it ended up with a $3.3 billion profit. From a consumer’s perspective, Lovins stressed efficiency over fuel consumption by addressing wasteful engineering in vehicles...
Northeastern isn’t building a new dorm after all. MIT is slashing 10 to 15 percent of its spending. At Harvard, President Drew G. Faust wrote a letter.Her gist was simple: Harvard is not immune. Thanks to economic reality, colleges across the country have had to make painful financial decisions, and the world’s richest university has a proportional amount to lose. Yesterday, the administration announced a 22-percent decline in Harvard’s $36.9 billion endowment over the last four months—the sharpest drop in history. Worse yet, Faust predicted continued gloom...
...much uglier than the others? I was filled with both questions and hate.But the more and more I was forced to hear these songs, the more I grew to like them, in some sort of ironic way. The Jonases had catchy songs. 66.6 percent of them were cute. And most importantly, their lyrics were great. They wanted to “battle dance against Hanson.” Who doesn’t? They informed us that “hugs are overrated, just FYI.” I also hate hugs! Clearly, the Jonases understood my obsession with personal...
...hometown of Birmingham, Ala. Flattered by the thought of a Democratic nominee spending even a second in the reddest of red states, I immediately knew that this guy was for real—just to provide a little scope, this was back when Obama was polling at 20 percent on a good day and Hillary and Edwards were duking it out at the top (oh, how much has changed...
...participating in a program at the IOP this week. Speaking to the new representatives, Barry Bloom discussed America’s role in global health. “One of the questions I think we need to consider is who cares about global health. In polls taken, 80 percent of Americans think global health is important and that the U.S. doesn’t spend enough,” he said. Frenk, formerly Mexico’s minister of health, began his remarks by noting that Congress participation is integral in this arena. “Health is no longer...