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'Social Cost of Carbon' Battle Hits House Floor
2013-07-24 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: House Republicans are seeking to thwart the Environmental Protection Agencys power to weigh the benefits of curbing carbon dioxide emissions when crafting regulations. Two proposed amendments to legislation likely reaching the floor this week would limit the EPA's use of the social cost of carbon (SCC), a metric of estimated damages caused by heat-trapping emissions. The Obama administration recently increased the SCC estimate used in federal rule-making, drawing criticism from GOP lawmakers....
Bezos' Blue Origin joins billionaire battle for NASA shuttle launch pad
2013-07-23 18:34:24| IT Services - Topix.net
In this photo from 2008, the space shuttle Atlantis stands on Launch Complex 39A while Endeavour stands on Launch Complex 39B.
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Intel will offer 'Broadwell' SOC to battle Calxeda, AMD
2013-07-23 14:08:38| InfoWorld: Top News
Intel has updated its road map with a new, low-power server chip to help it ward off competition from Calxeda and other makers of low-power chips. The new chip will be based on Broadwell, a microarchitecture to be introduced next year as the successor to Intel's Haswell design. But this processor will be a system-on-chip, setting it apart from Intel's other Xeon server products.
Pork Checkoff Invests More Funds to Battle PED Virus
2013-07-22 16:57:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Pork Board The National Pork Board has agreed unanimously to commit an additional $350,000 toward research, education and coordination of efforts to better understand porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus. This increase in funding is in addition to $450,000 announced in June, bringing total pork checkoff investment to $800,000. read more
Obama finds unlikely ally in climate change battle: China
2013-07-21 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama has stumbled on an unusual partner in his quest to combat climate change: China. The world`s two biggest emitters of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are finding common cause in efforts to reduce global warming, cooperation the U.S. says could clear the way for other developing, heavily polluting nations such as India and Brazil to get on board, too. While skeptics question whether either nation will follow through on lofty aspirations, the budding agreements are nevertheless...
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