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FCC Chairman Vows Continued Spectrum Expansion

2013-03-08 06:55:15| Wireless - Topix.net

Network World - The FCC remains focused on rapidly expanding spectrum for licensed and unlicensed use, and encouraging both research and products that will let it be used more efficiently, according to the commission's boss.

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Ecuadors president vows to push large-scale mining despite indigenous protest

2013-02-24 15:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Ecuador`s re-elected President Rafael Correa said Saturday he will push large-scale mining projects during his next four years in office, despite opposition from some indigenous groups. "The Ecuadoran people have voted to responsibly take advantage of non-renewable resources," said in a weekly address on his administration`s activities. Correa, a socialist, said his goal was to use the country`s mining and oil wealth to eliminate poverty and said he was committed to "the Amazonian people and...

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Frontrunner to lead EPA vows more action on climate change

2013-02-21 23:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Hill: The front-runner to fill the vacancy atop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pledged to push ahead with actions to confront climate change during a wide-ranging speech Thursday. As President Obama said, climate change is a priority -- and we are going to take action, Gina McCarthy, the EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, told attendees at the Georgetown Climate Center Workshop in Washington, D.C. Obama is reportedly leaning toward tapping McCarthy as the...

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Memphis and International Paper "renew vows" with PILOT approval

2013-02-21 05:00:08| Paper - Topix.net

The Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis and Shelby County approved a long-awaited payment-in-lieu-of-taxes application for International Paper Co.

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