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HTC Shows Off Vive Pre's Room-Sensing Camera
2016-01-06 20:59:17| TechNewsWorld
A room-sensing camera planted on the front of the Vive Pre was the reason the release of Valve and HTC's virtual reality headset was delayed, the companies revealed Tuesday at CES 2016. The Vive VR headset was supposed to beat Oculus VR and Sony to the punch, coming out in the last quarter of last year. A last-minute "breakthrough" required more work on the Vive headset, HTC CEO Cher Wang said last month.
Breaking: Pres Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
2015-11-06 18:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: We just made history together. Four years to the day after we surrounded the White House, President Obama has rejected the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline! This is huge. A head of state has never rejected a major fossil fuel project because of its climate impacts before. The President`s decision sets the standard for what climate action looks like: standing up to the fossil fuel industry and keeping fossil fuels in the ground. BREAKING: President Obama has REJECTED...
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Years After First Warning U.S. Pres On Climate Change, Communication Challenges Remainate Change ... - Forbes
2015-10-28 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: The AAAS website for the symposium notes: On 5 November, 1965, the group now known as the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) cautioned President Lyndon B. Johnson that continued accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide resulting from fossil-fuel burning would almost certainly cause significant changes and could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings. This symposium will reflect on the science, technology, policy, and communication challenges...
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Pres. Obama Makes Disaster Declaration for Northern California Wildfire
2015-09-23 14:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama declared a major disaster Tuesday in a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed at least 1,200 homes and killed at least three people. The declaration issued for the fire that broke out in Lake County 90 miles north of San Francisco releases federal money for recovery and cleanup, including grant money for temporary housing and home repairs. The devastating wildfire that started Sept. 12 ranks among California's most destructive and stands at 79 percent contained...
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Dodging political snags, Pres pushes sensible energy plan
2015-09-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Buffalo News: Energy policy has been of far greater concern to President Obama than to his recent predecessors in the White House, reflecting the emergence of climate change as a central issue today. Yet his administration has pursued an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy that advances all energy resources, from oil and gas to nuclear power and renewables, without consistently indicating a priority among them. Of course, the president's policies reflect political reality today, where Congress...
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