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...growth inclusive” stipulation of the goal—meaning that any emissions associated with renovations or expansions must not push the school over its 30 percent targeted reduction??has proven to be another challenge for the Law School, which broke ground on a new construction project...
...Store and restaurant owners reported that green initiatives—such as energy and waste reduction??are on the rise, both for altruistic and profit-related motives. Since being environmentally-friendly decreases energy costs and also serves as a marketing tool, business owners said that the commitment to going green is actually helping them see more green in today’s harsh economic climate...
...also asked the Kennedy School’s departments to prepare two additional budgets for 2010—one with a 5 percent reduction in expenses and one with a 10 percent reduction??in addition to their planned budgets...
...Levitt’s most famous papers—on the link between legalized abortion and crime reduction??generated a torrent of indignant criticism that perhaps Summers would be familiar with. In the early 1980s, crime rates reached an all time high—and then dramatically dropped. One explanation for the drop, argues Levitt, is that the legalization of abortion in the 1970s kept a whole generation of unwanted babies from being born—babies who could have grown into a generation of street criminals 15 to 20 years later. Sounds like a pretty edgy hypothesis...
...commercial wind industry lobbied long and hard to emerge as one of but a few avenues to compliance with new laws aimed at carbon reduction??laws they helped write—laws stating that targets are to be reached with percentages of “power generated with renewable sources,” rather than percentages of “lowered pollution levels.” Works out pretty well for the wind guys...