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Senate Passes Tax 'Extenders' But Not Terrorism-Insurance Bill

2014-12-17 18:01:12| ENR.com: Headline News

Tax bill includes breaks for renewable energy projects and capital-goods purchases.

California pensions should divest coal assets -state senate leader

2014-12-17 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: California pension plans would divest all assets related to the coal industry under a measure the leader of the state senate said he will propose to reduce support for an industry that critics blame for contributing to climate change. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León said on Monday he would introduce a bill that would require state pension plans to divest from coal assets. He had just returned from United Nations talks in Lima, Peru on international efforts to fight climate change. At the...

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The very first thing the new Republican Senate will do is try to push through Keystone

2014-12-17 08:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Once Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) becomes Senate majority leader next month, his first order of business will be to hold a vote on authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline, he said on Tuesday. If it passes, that would force President Obama to either approve or veto the bill, and thus the pipeline, before he is ready to. From CNN: The President has said he wants the decision left in the hands of the State Department, which is six years into a review of the project and currently holds final authority because...

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Senate Confirms Dr. Vivek Murthy As Surgeon General

2014-12-16 06:16:42| IT Services - Topix.net

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