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Interior Department Nominee Questioned on Public Lands Development
2013-03-07 11:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Sally Jewell, President Obamas nominee for interior secretary, deflected many of the questions she faced at her confirmation hearing Thursday but made clear she supports expanded oil and gas development on public lands and waters, including exploratory drilling off the North Slope of Alaska and seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean. Leaning into oil and gas development is an important part of the mission of the Bureau of Land Management and also of the Department of Interior, Ms. Jewell said,...
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Energy Department plans to ship Hanford nuke waste to New Mexico
2013-03-07 03:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Department of Energy on Wednesday put forward a long-term plan to extract and ship low-level radioactive waste from leaking tanks at Washington state's Hanford Nuclear Reservation to a dump in New Mexico. The announcement came two weeks after Washington Governor Jay Inslee publicly announced that six waste tanks were leaking at the World War Two-era nuclear weapons site, and coincided with a visit by the governor to Hanford. The plan faces several regulatory hurdles and may require New...
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EPA, Energy Department Can Tackle Climate Change on Several Fronts
2013-03-06 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Now that President Obama has selected his top climate and energy policymakers, having nominated Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Ernest Moniz as energy secretary and Environmental Protection Agency air and radiation administrator Gina McCarthy to head EPA, the question still looms: how much can they get done using executive authority alone? The answer: quite a lot, but it will involve taking some political risks. So here's a list of some of the options McCarthy and Moniz will take,...
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State Department unveils Innovation in Arms Control winners
2013-03-04 22:39:34| CNET News.com
The State Department sought submissions from the public on how to use modern technology to help solve some of the world's most pressing arms control and international security problems. [Read more]
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Atlanta school district wants to create its own police department
2013-03-04 22:05:00| American School & University
School system now relies on off-duty officers from the city police force.Schoolhouse Beat read more
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