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UK Government approves Statoils US$7B development of North Sea Mariner heavy oil field
2013-02-15 16:30:15| Green Car Congress
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AMI: Federal Government Required By Law to Provide Meat Inspection
2013-02-15 15:07:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: The American Meat Institute The U.S. government has a statutory obligation to provide meat and poultry inspection services, American Meat Institute (AMI) President J. Patrick Boyle told President Barack Obama in a letter sent to The White House this week as discussions about the potential impact of sequestration and possible furloughs of meat and poultry inspectors made headlines. Without inspection, meat and poultry processing plants are prohibited by law from operating. read more
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Apple lands $159M government contract for iPhone, iPad
2013-02-15 02:13:16| CNET News.com
The New Zealand Police picks Apple -- over BlackBerry, Google, and Microsoft -- to hand out 6,000 smartphones and 3,900 tablets to its officers. [Read more]
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U.S. government risks financial exposure from climate change - GAO
2013-02-14 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. government is at high risk of financial exposure from climate change, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday, two days after President Barack Obama vowed to tackle the issue with or without Congress' help. For the first time, the non-partisan congressional watchdog added fiscal exposure from climate change to its "High Risk List" of measures the federal government needs to fix. "Climate change is a complex, crosscutting issue that poses risks to many environmental and...
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Obama acting too slowly on climate change risks, US government audit finds
2013-02-14 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US government is exposed to high risk from climate change, and Barack Obama has not moved fast enough to manage those new dangers, the government auditor said on Thursday. The report from the Government Accountability Office said the government had "significant" financial exposure to climate change. The GAO review, conducted every two years at the start of a new Congress, lists government operations deemed at high risk for fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement. This year was the first...
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