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Oregon governor declares emergency as wildfire threatens homes

2015-09-15 03:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Oregons governor invoked the states so-called Emergency Conflagration Act on Monday, mobilizing additional resources as a fast-growing wildfire threatened 275 homes in a rural area of the state. Since the Dry Gulch Fire erupted in eastern Oregon on Saturday, it has charred more than 20,000 acres in dry, windy conditions, prompting officials to evacuate more than 100 homes on Monday. Authorities told residents of about 275 homes outside the community of Richland to stand by for possible evacuation...

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California governor sends Ben Carson a thumbdrive with climate change report

2015-09-14 20:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ars Technica: Californias governor has provided presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson with overwhelming evidence of climate change, something that the Republican candidate claimed does not exist. Last week, Carson appeared in San Francisco as part of his campaigning schedule. At an event, he addressed why the "climate change debate" remains, in his view, "irrelevant." In a tweet published later in the week, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) posted a picture of this letter sent to the retired neurosurgeon. Dear Dr. Carson,...

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Governor Scott Announces Anheuser-Busch to Create 75 New Jobs in Jacksonville

2015-09-02 00:17:46| Beverages - Topix.net

Governor Rick Scott announced today that Anheuser-Busch will be expanding their Metal Container Corporation facility in Jacksonville, which will create 75 new jobs. The company will also make a $170 million capital investment in the community.

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The Record: Governor FedEx

2015-09-01 10:51:15| Air Courier - Topix.net

GOVERNOR CHRISTIE insists he's not comparing people to packages, but when he says he wants to use FedEx technology to keep tabs on immigrants in the country on visas, that connection is not hard to make. The governor and Republican presidential candidate initially proposed in a television interview last week that if FedEx can track packages wherever they are in the country, the federal government should be able to do the same with people here on visas.

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