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Energy Secretary Chu steps down, blasts climate-change skeptics
2013-02-01 18:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in 2011 (Larry Downing/Reuters)Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist frequently the target of Republican criticism, announced Friday that he was stepping down in the latest shake-up of President Barack Obama's Cabinet. Chu, who disclosed his decision in a letter to Energy Department staff, frequently clashed with GOP lawmakers over gas prices as well as government backing for green-energy companies like the failed firm Solyndra. In his letter,...
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Larry Lessig blasts prosecutor's defense in Swartz case
2013-01-18 23:42:24| CNET News.com
Internet scholar faults Justice Department prosecution "in part at least" for driving Aaron Swartz to his death. [Read more]
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Senator blasts leaks in FTC's Google investigation
2013-01-09 22:52:12| CNET News.com
Democrat Ron Wyden says it's "wrong" for Federal Trade Commission officials to disclose confidential information about antitrust probes. [Read more]
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