The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments called for reductions in greenhouse emissions across the region in a report released last week.

On Nov. 11, the COG approved its 2008 Climate Change Report, which proposed a 10-percent reduction on forecast regional greenhouse emissions by 2012, a 20-percent reduction by 2020 and an 80-percent reduction by 2050.

The YMCA broke ground last month on the new YMCA Anthony Bowen, a modern Y facility being built as part of a larger restoration project at the U Street Corridor.

The Metro requires $11.3 billion in the next 10 years for necessary repairs and refurbishments, but officials are unsure how these costs will be covered.

Former Rhode Island Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee voiced his support for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a speech delivered in the ICC Auditorium Tuesday night.

“I’m going to support Senator Obama,” he said. “He has the right message.”

Four years after 21-year-old Georgetown senior Daniel Rigby died in a fire in his townhouse’s basement, Washington, D.C., has continued its efforts to crack down on illegal and unlicensed landlords by launching a Web site to protect student renters.

Campus dining is getting a little bit classier.

In an effort to provide more choices for food and drink on campus, the university plans to introduce a Cosi and bring its already existing Starbucks station into full service in the current site of the Center Grill in the North Gallery of the Leavey Center.

With a burgeoning number of student groups and a fixed amount of space on campus, clubs and organizations are finding office and storage space increasingly limited, leading students and administrators to look for new solutions to the space crunch.