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Obama demands $6bn for Ebola fight
2014-12-03 03:04:16| Biotech - Topix.net
US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Congress to approve $6bn in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The president made the plea on a visit to the National Institutes of Health, where he congratulated scientists on work towards a vaccine.
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Obama Proposes $263M Fund for Police Body Cameras
2014-12-02 02:02:14| PC Magazine Digital Video Camcorders Product Guide
The program would provide a 50 percent match to states and cities for body-worn cameras and required storage.
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Obama China pact raises stakes India in climate talks
2014-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: U.S. President Barack Obamas breakthrough deal with China to rein in fossil fuel emissions puts the spotlight squarely on India and other major economies as the worlds governments gather in Peru in search of a plan to fight climate change. Carbon dioxide emissions will jump 34 percent in India by 2020 and double by 2030 under its existing policies, according to the International Energy Agency. A promise by the planets third largest polluter behind the U.S. and China to limit emissions would send...
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Obama jumps into the Net Neutrality debate
2014-11-30 18:15:50| Telecom - Topix.net
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama added his voice to the nearly 4 million people who have urged the Federal Communications Commission to preserve the open Internet and protect free speech online. The president's statement was a clear, concise directive on how the FCC should handle the question of Net Neutrality - the principle that prevents Internet service providers from blocking or interfering with online traffic by creating "fast lanes" for a few powerful companies while relegating the rest of us to a slower tier of service.
Without passing single law, Obama crafts bold environmental plan
2014-11-28 05:05:33| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: President Barack Obama could leave office with the most aggressive, far-reaching environmental legacy of any previous occupant of the White House. Yet it is very likely that not a single major environmental law will have passed during his two terms in Washington. Instead, Obama has turned to the vast reach of the Clean Air Act of 1970, which some legal experts call the most powerful environmental law in the world. Faced with a Congress that has shut down his attempts to push through an environmental...
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