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White House axes efficiency from state clean power targets
2015-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: U.S. EPA's final Clean Power Plan will no longer base state targets, in part, on estimates about how much they could boost energy efficiency, an administration official said. President Obama on Monday will release the final rule for existing-power-plant carbon emissions that does not include the draft version's "building block 4," the official said, reconfiguring the way states are assigned emissions reduction responsibilities. The change will not limit states' ability to tap energy efficiency...
White House enlists top US firms in climate fight
2015-07-27 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The White House on Monday said that more than a dozen of America's biggest companies have pledged to tackle climate change, backing President Barack Obama ahead of a global summit. The White House released details of climate-helping commitments from firms ranging from Apple to General Motors to Goldman Sachs, as Obama pushes his climate agenda. In December this year countries from around the world will gather in Paris to forge rules aimed at limiting global temperature increases to two degrees...
Will the White House disappoint on H-1B displacements?
2015-07-17 19:37:23| Energy - Topix.net
A top White House official told House lawmakers this week that the replacement of U.S. workers by H-1B visa holders is troubling and not supposed to happen. But it is hard to tell whether the administration will do anything about it.
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White House Targets Biotechnology
2015-07-16 17:14:00| Chemical Processing
Administration calls for updating and simplifying various regulations and guidance documents
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Biotechnology: White House Announces Effort to Modernize the...
2015-07-08 06:57:39| Biotech - Topix.net
In a bit of a surprise announcement, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , the Office of Management and Budget , the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Council on Environmental Quality released a memorandum on July 2, 2015, directing three federal agencies with jurisdiction over products of biotechnology, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to update the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology . The Memorandum for Heads of Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Agriculture , is short, but clear as to timetable and deliverables.
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