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Congress Wants to Know if Pokemon Go is Catching All Your Mobile Data
2016-07-22 06:03:55| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives' energy and commerce committee want to know if Pokemon Go developer Niantic is ensuring the game's fans don't burn through their data plans.
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US congress to put limits on ex-presidents' budgets
2016-07-08 22:24:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
On Friday the US congress voted to place limits on expense accounts allotted to former presidents.
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Congress passes GMO-labeling bill
2016-07-06 23:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The Senate just voted to usher in nationwide mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods. The bill, passed Wednesday with strong Republican support, requires food companies to tell consumers if there are any genetically engineered ingredients in their products. Companies wouldnt necessarily need to do that by writing contains GMOs on the package - they could provide that information with a scannable QR code and small businesses could comply by simply providing a phone number or website....
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Science groups blasted for crossing line into activism with climate-change letter to Congress
2016-07-06 10:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Times: A letter to Congress from 31 science associations advocating for domestic and natural-security policies predicated on climate change has come under fire as a "climate power play." Judith Curry, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Earth and Atmospheric Science, described the June 28 letter as a "blatant misuse of scientific authority to advocate for specific socioeconomic policies." She also said that the professional societies, led by the American Association for the...
Science Groups: Congress Must Accept Climate Change
2016-07-05 09:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Higher Ed: Thirty-one scientific societies last week wrote to members of Congress, urging them to accept that climate change is real. The letter comes at a time when many Republicans in Congress, including members of committees with responsibility for science spending and science policy, dispute the scientific consensus that climate change is happening. "We, as leaders of major scientific organizations, write to remind you of the consensus scientific view of climate change," the letter says. "Observations...
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