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Obama's energy, environment picks face Senate grilling this week
2013-04-08 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama's picks to lead energy and environmental policy face scrutiny this week as Senate panels try to tease out details of the administration's agenda, which had been maligned by Republicans and some Democrats during Obama's first four years. Both nominees are Massachusetts natives with Washington experience. Nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz, Obama's nominee for energy secretary, will appear before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Tuesday. On Thursday,...
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Obamas BRAIN Initiative is a huge boost for new neurotechnology
2013-04-03 16:47:55| Extremetech
Our Neuroscientist in Chief, Barack Obama, made a highly publicized announcement yesterday regarding federal funding for new neurotechnology. The proposed funding will start in 2014 at $100 million and is to be distributed through the National Science Foundation (NSF), DARPA, and the NIH. The good news is that Uncle Sam wants you, or at least your input , for the project.
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Obama's Energy Pick Discloses Extent of Industry Ties
2013-03-31 21:05:52| Electronics - Topix.net
Ernest Moniz, President Barack Obama 's nominee for energy secretary, performed consulting work last year for General Electric Co.
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Mixed reactions to White House science advisers' suggestions for Obama's climate agenda
2013-03-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: Last Friday, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a short report outlining various steps on climate change that President Barack Obama could take during his second term. Facing political gridlock on Capitol Hill and abroad, the PCAST scientists opted to highlight steps that PCAST member Daniel Schrag, a geochemist and energy expert at Harvard University, said the president "could push for and achieve." But some scientists say that Obama's advisers should...
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Obama's Fla. Visit Doesn't Resolve Port Funding Flap
2013-03-29 22:01:41| ENR.com: Headline News
Fla. Gov. Rick Scott used the occasion of President Obamas March 29 visit to PortMiami to highlight the states increasing investments in ports, while chiding the president for inadequate infrastructure spending.
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