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Obama pitches big anti-smog effort in environmental push
2013-04-03 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PlanetArk: smog effort in environmental push Date: 03-Apr-13 Country: USA Author: Kim Dixon and Timothy Gardner President Barack Obama pitched the first major environmental effort of his second term on Friday in a bid to slash smog-forming emissions from gasoline that have been linked to lung and heart ailments, setting up a fight with Republicans and the oil industry. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the so-called Tier 3 rules that would require refiners to cut the sulfur content...
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Obama calls for brain mapping project
2013-04-03 05:52:23| Biotech - Topix.net
President Obama is introduced by Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, at the BRAIN Initiative event Tuesday in the White House.
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Obama unveils $100 million brain research project
2013-04-02 19:31:31| CNET News.com
The initiative aims to speed up the development and application of technologies that will help researchers create dynamic brain imaging, which could lead to new ways to treat brain disorders. [Read more]
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Obama Clears Away Smog, Advances Climate Agenda
2013-04-02 04:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: The EPA unveiled its new anti-smog rules on Friday, prompting the usual Republican complaints about President Obamas war on free enterprise, along with the usual dire warnings of higher prices at the pump. The rules will raise gas prices, but less than a cent a gallon. Meanwhile, by 2030, theyll avoid an estimated 2,400 annual premature deaths, prevent 23,000 respiratory illnesses in children, and reduce tailpipe emissions by the equivalent of taking 33 million cars off the road. Im not too...
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Obama Signs 'Monsanto Protection Act' Written by Monsanto-Sponsored Senator
2013-03-31 18:46:37| Chemicals - Topix.net
United States President Barack Obama has signed a bill into law that was written in part by the very billion-dollar corporation that will benefit directly from the legislation.
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