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NEMA Welcomes Congressional Approval of Helium Bill, Urges President to Sign into Law
2013-09-26 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
NEMA welcomed unanimous passage by the United States Senate of legislation to reauthorize, extend, and improve operations of the Federal Helium Reserve in Texas. Under current law passed in 1996, the Federal Helium Reserve would cease operations on October 7. The new law, if approved by the president as expected, would extend life of the reserve until 2021, by which time many more private sources of crude helium are expected to be available. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
Putin says Greenpeace activists not pirates, but did break law
2013-09-25 11:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Greenpeace activists arrested for staging a protest at Russia's first offshore oil platform had violated international law but signaled they should not face charges of piracy. The activists' ship was seized and towed to shore on Tuesday after two tried to scale the platform to protest against Russian plans to drill for oil in the Arctic which they say pose a threat to the fragile eco-system. The 30 activists, who were onboard the ship, were due to...
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State regulators consider revising bottle law
2013-09-25 00:15:07| Waste Management - Topix.net
Retailers might be allowed to choose whether to continue accepting returned drink bottles and cans under a plan to improve Michigan's lackluster performance in recycling solid wastes, a state official said Tuesday.
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Michigan regulators consider revising bottle law
2013-09-24 19:58:01| Waste Management - Topix.net
Voters in 1976 imposed a 10-cent deposit on soft drink and beer containers. Kerrin O'Brien of the Michigan Recycling Coalition says it's been a big success, as 97 percent of the affected containers are turned in for the refund.
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World With New Limits: The Coming End of Moore's Law
2013-09-23 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Here in the tech community, declaring the birth or death of an era is a tried-and-true path to social fame. For that reason, proclamations to that effect are pretty dang common. Those of us here in the Linux community are pretty accustomed to such announcements by now -- just witness the never-ending "year of Linux desktop" and "death of desktop Linux" rotation that seems to besiege us year after year.
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