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Report: Weather satellite gap, climate change among biggest threats facing Federal government
2013-02-15 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Every two years the Government Accountability Office highlights the top 30 challenges facing the Federal government on its "high risk list'. A looming gap in the coverage of weather satellites and climate change are the newest additions to this list says the GAO in a report released Thursday. The satellite risk Polar-orbiting satellites scan the globe in pole-to-pole loops and feed important data into models for weather forecasting. But a gap in their coverage is possible starting as soon as...
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AMI: Federal Government Required By Law to Provide Meat Inspection
2013-02-15 15:07:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: The American Meat Institute The U.S. government has a statutory obligation to provide meat and poultry inspection services, American Meat Institute (AMI) President J. Patrick Boyle told President Barack Obama in a letter sent to The White House this week as discussions about the potential impact of sequestration and possible furloughs of meat and poultry inspectors made headlines. Without inspection, meat and poultry processing plants are prohibited by law from operating. read more
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Federal Charges Filed In Ohio Dumping Case
2013-02-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The owner of an oil and natural gas drilling company in Youngstown, Ohio, has been charged with violating the federal Clean Water Act. He's accused of dumping tens of thousands of gallons of drilling waste water into a storm sewer that eventually runs into a local river.
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Federal government's new big worry: The weather
2013-02-15 06:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: The weather: It's something everybody complains about, but the federal government isn't doing enough to address, congressional auditors say. Climate change and soon-to-be-obsolete weather satellites are the two new subjects listed in the non-partisan Government Accountability Office's "high risk" list. The report, released at the beginning of each new Congress, highlights problems that can have a significant impact on health, safety, services and the federal budget. Climate change presents...
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FGK Federal Freight and Knorr-Bremse form JV to produce railway equipment
2013-02-15 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Federal Cargo Company (FGK), a subsidiary of Russian Railways (RZD), and German firm Knorr-Bremse have established a new joint venture (JV) company in Russia called 'Knorr-Bremse 1520'.
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