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Senate Committee Debates Whether Keystone XL Is in the U.S. National Interest
2014-03-14 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing Thursday to consider whether approval of Keystone XL, the proposed 1,660-mile pipeline from Alberta, Canada, to Texas, is in the national interest of the United States. The State Department released its final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on Keystone in January, moving the decision on the pipeline into the hands of Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama. The administration is expected to make a national-interest determination...
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Feinstein Accuses Spooks of Spying on Senate
2014-03-12 18:16:37| TechNewsWorld
A powerful U.S. senator has accused the CIA of spying on a network drive legislative staffers used to prepare a report on abuses -- including torture -- in the agency's detention and interrogation program. The search may have violated the separation of powers clause of the U.S. Constitution, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., told the Senate on Tuesday.
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In US Senate, Democrats talk climate all night
2014-03-11 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: U.S. Senators have found plenty of common ground in an overnight debate about climate change that has been characterized by civil exchanges from lawmakers who hear plenty to like in each other`s words. Could this really be happening in Washington? Sure, when only one party shows up. Democrats have been plowing through a dusk-to-dawn talkathon during which more than two dozen speakers have agreed with each other about the need for action on climate change. Naysayers - Republicans - largely stayed...
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ISRI Objects the Senate Electronics Recycling Bill
2014-03-10 14:29:00| Waste Age
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) is objecting to a Senate bill that it says negatively impact electronics recycling by restricting legitimate trade. read more
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A4A Commends Senate Confirmation of CBP Nominee Gil Kerlikowske
2014-03-07 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
A4A issued statement commending U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Gil Kerlikowske to serve as next Customs and Border Protection Commissioner. According to A4A President and CEO, Nicholas E. Calio, A4A looks forward to building on longstanding partnership with CBP under his leadership. As key drivers of jobs and the economy, airlines share Commissioner Kerlikowske’s commitment to enabling further efficiencies to facilitate movement of people and goods at U.S. gateways. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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