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U.S. environment chief uses humor, health argument to sell carbon plan
2013-09-20 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When U.S. environment chief Gina McCarthy talked about cutting climate-warming carbon emissions on Friday, she offered a translation for those unfamiliar with the dropped "R" of her thick Boston accent. "I should make sure that everybody knows that when I say cahbon, it's c-a-r-b-o-n," McCarthy told a standing-room-only gathering at the National Press Club in Washington. As the chuckles subsided, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who was sworn into office in July,...
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Recovery Chief Named For Work On Colorado Floods
2013-09-20 23:20:03| Energy - Topix.net
Gov. John Hickenlooper named a recovery chief on Thursday to lead the state's reconstruction after destructive flooding and said transportation officials will expedite fixes to highways and bridges.
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Microsoft OS chief: One API to rule them all
2013-09-20 20:46:17| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft is pursuing the ideal of OS platforms: a unified code base that runs from smartphones to servers, giving users a consistent experience across devices at home and at work, and developers a common tool set for building applications. "We really should have one silicon interface for all of our devices. We should have one set of developer APIs on all of our devices," said Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft's Operating Systems Engineering Group, during the company's meeting with financial analysts on Thursday.
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MCW Energy Adds Vartan As Chief Financial Officer
2013-09-20 15:45:00| OGI
He will take over the position serving both divisions of MCW, MCW Fuels and MCW Oil Sands Recovery LLC.
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EPA chief tells Grist what coal will have to do to survive in a carbon-constrained future
2013-09-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Its been a long time coming, but, finally, the EPA is going to begin tackling carbon pollution from the worlds single greatest contributor to climate change the U.S. power sector. Under draft rules being announced this morning, new coal power plants will have to be a whole lot cleaner than the ones weve got today. In fact, thanks also to market conditions, new coal plants might not get built at all. Perhaps most important, the draft rules lay the foundation for a bigger move to cut emissions...
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