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Obama's Government Takeover of WiFi
2015-01-31 06:05:06| Wireless - Topix.net
At every turn, it seems like the Obama administration has found a new way to insert itself into our everyday lives. And, the administration's most recent encroachment could impact our quality for years to come.
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Obama's climate plan threatens US forests
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: President Obama's signature environmental initiative, his Clean Power Plan, is designed to fight climate change and crack down on America's carbon-emitting power plants. But behind the scenes, a dispute is raging over obscure language that could promote the rapid destruction of America's carbon-storing forests. This highly technical but consequential fight over the Environmental Protection Agency's approach to "bioenergy'--energy derived from trees, crops, or other plants--has gotten lost in the...
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Senate finally passes Keystone, but Obamas veto looms
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
McClatchy: The Senate passed a bill approving construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Thursday, setting up a showdown with President Barack Obama, who has promised to veto the measure. Thursday's vote culminated six years of intense debate over the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, designed to ship Canadian oil sands crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Senate passed the measure 62-36, with nine Democrats joining all Republicans in voting in favor. An almost identical bill already passed...
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Obamas Atlantic drilling plan criticized by Democrats
2015-01-28 17:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: A group of Senate Democrats from the Northeast is pushing back on the Obama administration`s proposal to open new areas of the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas drilling. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker called the move "absolutely unacceptable" in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Joining in the press conference were fellow Democrats Ed Markey (Mass.), Robert Menendez (N.J.), and Ben Cardin (Md.). "If drilling is allowed off the East Coast of the United States, it puts our beaches, our...
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BIO responds to President Obama's State of the Union speech.
2015-01-27 14:33:27| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
In statement, Jim Greenwood, BIO President and CEO, said he was pleased to hear President Obama's words about the promise of a large scale genomics project to help understand the basis of chronic disease. A large-scale national research commitment to chronic conditions would identify precursors and early signs of disease or disease risk to unlock the root causes of these conditions that threaten the health of loved ones and undermine the nation’s fiscal health.
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