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Scientists stand by NOAA administrator who refuses to hand over emails to Congress
2015-12-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Popular Science: Everyone wants to read other people's emails now. From the Sony Hack to the Clinton emails, there is huge interest in the words pouring between people electronically. Tussles over political or entertainment emails make headlines, but another email battle over more scientific subject matter has been going on for several months. Essentially, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Kathryn Sullivan, is refusing to turn over internal emails between NOAA scientists...
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In climate debate, skeptical Congress is a world apart
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Paris talks had just reached the halfway point when a small band of climate skeptics made their stand at a hotel on the opposite side of town. With charts and slides, the group repeated a claim that is familiar to Washington but wildly out of sync with the discussions here: Man-made global warming is a fiction. To limit CO2 emissions is not only wasteful but also counterproductive, Fred Singer, a Virginia physicist and longtime critic of the scientific consensus on climate change, told the...
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NFU Urges Congress to Pass a Clean Spending Bill
2015-12-10 20:16:16| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (December 9, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson called on Congress to pass a clean funding bill and uphold its promise for regular order. Reports of an omnibus impasse have largely hinged on an estimated forty riders including agricultural provisions
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CRS Report Outlines TPP Issues for Congress
2015-12-09 09:00:00| Expeditors Newsflash - Americas Edition
Expeditors Newsflash - Americas Edition
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AASHTO Leadership Thanks Congress for passing FAST Act.
2015-12-08 14:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Paul Trombino, AASHTO president, praised passage of Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. Likewise, AASHTO Executive Director Bud Wright thanked Senate and House leadership and transportation bill conferees for prioritizing this legislation. FAST Act, which will provide ~$300 billion over 5 years, continues to distribute >90% of federal highway funding to State DOTs, maintains current Federal-aid Highway program structure, and includes environmental streamlining provisions.
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