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Obama Selects Charlotte Mayor for Top DOT Post
2013-04-30 23:37:33| ENR.com: Headline News
If confirmed, nominees challenges would include finding assured highway and transit funding beyond 2014.
Obama Picks Charlotte, N.C., Mayor to Head DOT
2013-04-29 23:59:43| ENR.com: Headline News
If confirmed, Foxx's challenges would include finding ways to finance highways and transit beyond 2014.
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Obama Hails 150th Year of Academy of Sciences
2013-04-29 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama helped the National Academy of Sciences celebrate its 150th year of service to the country by giving a speech at the group`s annual meeting today. There were some pretty nice laugh lines, including: [P]art of whats made the Academy so effective is that all the scientists elected to your elite ranks are volunteers - which is fortunate because we have no money anyway. There was a subtle dig at lawmakers for whom political stances matter more than data: [M]ore important than...
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Ex-Climate Czar Browner Predicts Obama Will Regulate Existing Power Plants
2013-04-29 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: President Obamas former climate czar is confident that the administration will limit carbon dioxide emissions from the nations existing coal-fired power plants. I think what youll see this term is more greenhouse gas requirements, particularly on new and existing coal-fired power plants, Browner told The Chicago Maroon, a student paper at the University of Chicago. The Environmental Protection Agency has already proposed carbon standards for new power plants, although final regulations...
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State Transportation Officials Congratulate Obama on Mayor Foxx Nomination
2013-04-29 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
AASHTO congratulates President Obama on his nomination of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to be next U.S. Transportation Secretary. According to statement made by Bud Wright, AASHTO executive director, the nation's state departments of transportation look forward to working with Mayor Foxx on the important transportation issues facing the nation and on identifying a long-term sustainable transportation funding source. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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