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Obama seeks oil-funded research to tackle climate change
2013-02-13 04:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: President Obama said Tuesday that extreme weather shows the need to fight climate change, calling for oil-funded technology research to "shift our cars and trucks off oil" and for a doubling of energy efficiency in 20 years. "For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change," Obama said in his fifth State of the Union Address before Congress. "No single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves,...
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Samsung's Open Innovation Center seeks startup juice
2013-02-12 15:31:30| CNET News.com
The company is launching its Open Innovation Center in Silicon Valley with an aim to bring better software to its devices via startups. [Read more]
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Caltrans seeks public input on draft rail plan
2013-02-12 05:54:59| Railroads - Topix.net
Caltrans will hold five public hearings and a webinar this month to get input on the draft California State Rail Plan, which lays out a vision for freight, passenger and high-speed rail in the state.
Michigan DEQ Seeks to Boost Tire Recycling Efforts
2013-02-11 19:24:21| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has announced that funds are available through its Scrap Tire Market Development Grant Program to support projects that develop new or increased uses for scrap tires.
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Harkin Seeks Reason for Missouri Water Release After Snub
2013-02-11 15:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: An Iowa senator demanded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers explain why it refused to use Missouri River water to replenish the drought-stricken Mississippi a day after it approved releasing water for oil drilling. Corps leaders have a responsibility to explain this turn of events -- and not just to Congress, but to Iowa communities and others like them up and down the Mississippi River that rely on the river for moving goods, Senator Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, said today in an e-mailed statement....
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