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Court Backs E.P.A. Veto of Mining Permit
2013-04-24 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to revoke a mining permit to protect streams and wildlife, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. The decision was a victory for the agency, which in 2011 retroactively vetoed a permit granted by the Bush administration in 2007 to allow a subsidiary of Arch Coal of St. Louis to dump tons of mining waste into several West Virginia rivers and streams. The veto was declared illegal in a 2012 decision by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Federal District...
House Passes CISPA, Despite White House Veto Threat
2013-04-18 23:34:50| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
The House of Representatives this afternoon passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) with a vote of 288 to 127.
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House Passes CISPA, Despite White House Veto Threat
2013-04-18 23:34:50| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The House of Representatives this afternoon passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) with a vote of 288 to 127.
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CISPA on Collision Course With Obama Veto
2013-04-18 19:02:00| TechNewsWorld
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which faces a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, may end up vetoed by the White House. CISPA encourages private companies to share security information among themselves and with the government. The House Rules Committee on Tuesday rejected a bipartisan amendment that would have addressed user privacy.
White House threatens to veto CISPA ahead of vote
2013-04-17 15:04:39| InfoWorld: Top News
The White House has threatened to veto the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in its present form, citing concerns that the bill does not adequately prevent sharing of irrelevant personal information. If the bill in its current form were presented to President Barack Obama, his advisors would recommend that he veto the bill, the executive office of the President said in a statement on Tuesday.
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