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Will Obama's Next Phone Be a Samsung?
2013-02-25 18:36:27| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Samsung's new Knox program aims to make its phones secure enough for the NSA.
Obama's plan to fund clean cars with oil royalties faces tough test
2013-02-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: With a couple of lines tucked into his State of the Union speech this month, President Obama pitched the tent for a three-ring circus starring advocates with competing agendas: controlling greenhouse gases, expanding fossil fuel development and conserving open spaces. The idea Obama proposed would siphon $2 billion from the swelling oil and gas royalties the government expects to collect over the next decade and devote it to federally sponsored clean-car research that has been starved for cash....
Environmental groups target President Obamas likely choice for Energy secretary
2013-02-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Beast: President Obama is widely expected to nominate Ernest Moniz as Energy secretary any day now, and environmental organizations are girding for a fight. Were not sure Mr. Moniz will keep his eyes where they should be: on a no-carbon future where we are relying on wind and other forms of energy, says Mitch Jones, a program director at Food and Water Watch. The anti-fracking organization, began an effort to block Monizs nomination after reports surfaced that the long-haired MIT professor is...
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Keystone XL decision will define Barack Obama's legacy on climate change
2013-02-22 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Very few of us have the opportunity in life to look forward to our legacy. However, sometimes events occur that we just know will shape how history will judge us. One of those events is about to happen to President Barack Obama. This year, his administration is expected to make a decision on whether to allow the construction of a massive pipeline that would be used to export tar sands from Alberta, Canada. The so-called Keystone XL pipeline would essentially bisect the United States to bring the...
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What Will Obama's 'Green Quarterback' Mean for Keystone XL?
2013-02-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: U.S. President Barack Obama is poised to nominate his "green quarterback," a longtime air quality expert who has been a champion for tougher carbon emissions standards, as head of the powerful Environmental Protection Agency. Gina McCarthy, who currently heads the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, reportedly has the inside track to replace Lisa Jackson, who officially stepped down from the agency last week. The 58-year-old McCarthy's ascension proves the president is serious about battling...
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