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Obama Names Three to Second Term Cabinet for EPA, Energy, Budget
2013-03-04 09:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama announced three cabinet-level nominations, choosing Sylvia Mathews Burwell of the Wal-Mart Foundation as director of the Office of Management and Budget, scientist Ernest Moniz as head of the Energy Department, and Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, where shes been an assistant administrator. I can promise you that as soon as the Senate gives them the go-ahead, theyre going to hit the ground running and theyre going to help make America a stronger...
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Obama taps two from Mass. for Energy, EPA posts
2013-03-04 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: President Obama on Monday turned to Massachusetts for his nominees to the nation's top energy and environmental posts, tapping MIT physicist Ernest J. Moniz to lead the Department of Energy, and Boston-area native and former state environmental official Gina McCarthy as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. "These two over here they're going to be making sure we're investing in American clean energy," Obama said at the White House, "that we're doing everything we can...
China Deal Benefits Obama Donors
2013-03-03 19:57:42| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The government watchdog group Judicial Watch is suing the Treasury Department for records pertaining to the department's decision to grant a Chinese government-backed company access to oil deposits in the Gulf of Mexico, a move that will benefit Obama donors.
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New Obama admin. report on Keystone XL pipeline has enviros worried
2013-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: On Friday afternoon, the State Department released a draft of its much-anticipated new analysis of the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Although the report makes no firm statement one way or the other about whether the controversial pipeline from Canada to Texas should be approved, some of its conclusions have enviros worried that a greenlight is inevitable. The administration has spent more than two years considering whether to approve the 1,600-mile pipeline that would...
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Obama signs budget cuts into effect
2013-03-02 07:57:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US President Barack Obama signs into effect a wave of steep spending cuts after political leaders fail to reach a deal to avert them.
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