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...Reid called for the 103-year-old plant to switch from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas, a move long pushed for by environmentalists but blocked by representatives from coal-heavy states. Protesters claimed an early victory. "Getting the plant to switch shows the power of popular pressure," said Steven Biel, the director of Greenpeace's global-warming campaign. But there was no doubt that by responding before the protesters hit the streets of the capital, Congress was simply moving one set of goalposts off the field...
University Provost Steven E. Hyman said that after subtracting funds already pledged for interest payments and other expenditures, the cash flow from the SIF is all but accounted for, with little money, if any, left over for discretionary purposes...
...Harvard University Science and Engineering Committee—created in January 2007 to oversee interdisciplinary science across Harvard’s schools—will no longer accept seed grant proposals for cross-departmental research this spring, University Provost and committee chair Steven E. Hyman said Friday...
...themselves to the limit. Personal bankruptcies rose by a third last year and mortgage defaults - well, they're moving beyond subprime borrowers and hitting those with previously high credit scores. On Feb. 27, Biden and eight members of his task force, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Energy Secretary Steven Chu, will meet at the University of Pennsylvania to discuss the rescue of the middle class. Their first task? Creating green jobs. The committee believes that building environmentally friendly homes will help decrease middle-class homeowners' electricity and heating bills. That is, of course, if they have a home they...
...vespers when he was installed, and there's a party where the bishop knocks on the door. Most do it timidly - tap, tap. Not him - bang, bang! It echoed through the cathedral and let everyone know that Timothy Dolan was there." - The Rev. Steven M. Avella, a history professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee New York Times...