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Hundreds Students Arrested at White House Protesting Keystone XL
2014-03-02 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: I just came back from the White House, where the police are still arresting the hundreds of students who are taking part in what will likely be the largest act of youth civil disobedience at the White House in a generation. This is XL Dissent: a massive surge of protest against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and a powerful show of solidarity with all communities who are fighting the fossil fuel industry and confronting the impacts of the climate crisis. "An entire movement has thrown itself...
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White House Backs Net Neutrality Rules, Tells FCC to Handle It
2014-02-19 19:35:04| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The Obama administration strongly supports an open Internet, but won't tell the Federal Communications Commission how to preserve it net neutrality.
White House defers to FCC on further action on Net neutrality
2014-02-19 13:22:03| InfoWorld: Top News
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama said in response to a petition that it continues to back an open Internet, but declined to direct the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on how to go about preserving InterNet neutrality, as it is an independent agency. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down in January the FCC's Net neutrality rules, ruling that the agency does not have the authority to implement rules that would prohibit broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing Web traffic.
White House to PM: You can try asking about KXL, but don't expect an answer
2014-02-15 23:08:42| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media in addressing California's drought situation on February 14. Senior officials in the Obama administration said at a media briefing on Friday that Harper will be told privately the same thing he's been hearing elsewhere in public comments from U.S. decision-makers about the proposed TransCanada ... (more)
White House pledges $1 billion prepare for climate change
2014-02-15 03:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled a $1 billion fund in his 2015 budget to help communities across the United States prepare for the impact of climate change. The fund, announced in Fresno, California, is part of Obama's pledge to speed federal assistance to the most populous U.S. state. California is attempting to cope with its worst drought in recorded history, which is threatening its critical agriculture industry, energy production and other industries. The fund is part of a broader...
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