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Obama is requesting $1.8B to fight Zika virus
2016-02-08 20:43:32| Biotech - Topix.net
In a press release , the White House said funding, if approved, would be used to expand mosquito control programs, search for a vaccine and improve health services for low-income pregnant women. Some funding would also go to other nations greatly affected by the virus to improve their mosquito and transmission controls.
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Obama devotes weekly radio address to climate change
2016-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: U.S. President Barack Obama says climate change is "one of the greatest challenges of our time," but America is standing up to the challenge. "Today, clean power from the wind or the sun is actually cheaper in many communities than dirtier, conventional power," the president said Saturday in his weekly address. "Over the last seven years, we've made historic investments in clean energy that helped private sector companies create tens of thousands of good jobs," the president said. In an...
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Obama using final budget request to push for action against climate change
2016-02-06 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama called on Congress to double funding for clean energy research on Saturday, using his final budget request and one of the last high-profile moments of his presidency to push for action against climate change. The president said his final budget on Tuesday would propose doubling clean energy research spending from $6.4bn to $12.8bn by 2020. Rather than subsidise the past, we should invest in the future, Obama said in his weekly address. Thats why the budget I will send to...
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Obama Expected To Propose $10/Barrel Tax On Oil
2016-02-06 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Tecnica: In a bold move in the final months of his presidency, US President Barack Obama is believed to be plotting a move against big oil in the form of a $10 per barrel tax that would be paid by oil companies. With 2016 being an election year and US politics as polarized as they are, the tax is not likely to make it past the podium, but the move sends a powerful message to the world that the current administration is serious about attacking one of the cruxes of the climate change issue - oil. This news...
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Obama to seek double funding for clean energy R&D by 2020
2016-02-06 05:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Saturday that he will ask the Republican-led Congress to double spending on research and development into clean energy by 2020. But the request is unlikely to be fulfilled. GOP lawmakers scoff at the science behind climate change and dismiss Obama's pleas for the issue to be dealt with urgently. In an unusual twist in Obama's final year in office, the Republican leaders of the House and Senate budget committees have said they will not hold a customary hearing on the president's...
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