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Nobel-winning US energy secretary steps down
2013-02-05 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Four years after his appointment as part of President Barack Obama's scientific dream team, US energy secretary Steven Chu is about to step down. How well did he perform in office, and who should fill his shoes? With budget cuts and continued attacks by climate sceptics likely to dog Obama's second term, a politician might be a better choice than another scientist, some observers say. As the first Nobel laureate appointed to a presidential cabinet, Chu ensured that science informed decisions about...
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US: Finish Line chief digital officer steps down
2013-02-05 13:23:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Christopher Ladd, chief digital officer and executive vice president at The Finish Line, has resigned from the sportswear retailer - a month after it was forced to shutter its new e-commerce website.
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Vatican condemns elephant poaching, pledges steps
2013-02-04 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Responding to an investigative report by National Geographic, the Vatican has condemned elephant poaching for ivory and pledged three steps to help in the battle to save the world's elephants. The National Geographic article Ivory Worship by Bryan Christy, looked at how religions-specifically religious items for Christians and Buddhists-were playing in the growing demand for black-market ivory, which is currently resulting in the violent deaths of tens-of-thousands of endangered elephants every year....
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First steps taken to build gigabit network in North Carolina
2013-02-01 23:01:18| CNET News.com
Several universities and communities in North Carolina are banding together to find service providers willing to build them an ultra-high-speed broadband network thanks to the efforts of Gig. U. [Read more]
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Energy Secretary Chu steps down, blasts climate-change skeptics
2013-02-01 18:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in 2011 (Larry Downing/Reuters)Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist frequently the target of Republican criticism, announced Friday that he was stepping down in the latest shake-up of President Barack Obama's Cabinet. Chu, who disclosed his decision in a letter to Energy Department staff, frequently clashed with GOP lawmakers over gas prices as well as government backing for green-energy companies like the failed firm Solyndra. In his letter,...
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