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Obama climate push to tie environment, jobs -White House adviser

2013-01-25 00:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: President Barack Obama will renew his push to spur investment in renewable energy projects that create jobs as a key part of his second-term strategy for tackling climate change, a top White House policy adviser said on Thursday. This time around, though, Obama won't have the $90 billion in economic stimulus funds that his administration earlier pumped into clean energy and "green jobs" projects. Instead, Obama wants to see "targeted and smart" investments in research and demonstration projects,...

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White House announces 'National Day of Civic Hacking'

2013-01-24 13:33:08| InfoWorld: Top News

It's not unusual for free and open source software projects to enlist the help of their fans and supporters in debugging and other efforts to make the software better. What's less common is for major national governments to do the same thing.

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White House Petitions Now Need 100,000 Signatures for Formal Response

2013-01-16 23:37:13| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

The White House on Tuesday announced that it will now require at least 100,000 signatures on petitions submitted to the administration in order to trigger a White House response - up from 25,000.

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The Empire gloats over White House Death Star petition

2013-01-16 18:21:56| CNET News.com

The Galactic Empire claims we have demonstrated clear weakness with the Obama administration's refusal to build a planet-destroying weapon. [Read more]

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