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Obsessive-compulsive famed Americans discussed July 11 at Library of Congress
2013-06-27 03:30:27| Food - Topix.net
Thomas Jefferson, Lucky Lindy, Estee Lauder, and Steve Jobs owed much of their success to obsessive-compulsive condition and severe hardships early in life, according to the author of "America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation".
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Obama on climate change: There is no Congress
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Magazine: There is a very fortunate irony about President Obama's second term. He has to deal with a Congress barely capable of keeping the government's lights on, let alone crafting rational laws, and totally unable to handle any number of policy crises. Yet, on the single most urgent issue facing the country (and the world), climate change, Obama doesn't need Congress at all. The contrast between those two facts -- the awesome urgency of climate change, and Congress's inability to tackle even the simplest...
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Obama and Congress must fight climate change like they do terrorism
2013-06-26 15:38:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: For a man with his hands tied, President Obama is offering a decent enough plan to fight climate change. In a speech today, hes expected to announce federal regulation of greenhouse gases at existing coal-fired power plants, increased energy standards for buildings and appliances, and greater development of renewable energy on federal lands. These are moves that he can try without approval from Congress. And while they are halfway measures, they are better than no measures. But imagine if his...
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Barack Obama unveils strict new US climate change measures to Congress
2013-06-26 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Facing down a recalcitrant US Congress as well as a sceptical American public, President Barack Obama has unveiled a swathe of measures designed finally to put his administrations back into tackling global warming, notably imposing strict new curbs on carbon dioxide emissions from electricity-generating plants. The measures, which can be implemented without recourse to any votes by Congress, had been widely expected and were harshly criticised by the presidents Republican critics even before he...
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Obama to Bypass Congress on Climate Change
2013-06-26 12:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Discovery News: President Barack Obama today announced a series of actions to address fossil fuel emissions that cause climate change, and to prepare the United States for the consequences of that climate change. Speaking at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Obama announced that the administration would, among other actions, direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish limits for carbon pollution at new and existing power plants, end subsidies for companies building coal plants abroad unless...
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