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Obama Opened Floodgates for Offshore Fracking in Recent Gulf of Mexico Lease
2014-08-29 04:28:56| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
In little-noticed news arising out of a recent Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas lease held by the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the floodgates have opened for Gulf offshore hydraulic fracturing .
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President Obama Highlights New DARPA Program Aimed At Developing Novel Therapies Customized To Individual Patients
2014-08-28 11:06:39| rfglobalnet Home Page
The body’s peripheral nervous system constantly monitors the status of internal organs and helps regulate biological responses to infection, injury or other imbalances. When this regulatory process goes awry due to injury or illness, peripheral nerve signals can actually exacerbate a condition, causing pain, inflammation or immune dysfunction.
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Obama Charges Ahead on Climate Change Policy
2014-08-28 10:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
U.S. News and World Report: The Obama administration will seek a non-binding international accord rather than a treaty at a United Nations climate summit in Paris next year on reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Obama addresses reporters at the White House on Monday, Aug. 18. It was a widely anticipated move, as President Barack Obama has repeatedly said he would act alone, bypassing Congress, if lawmakers declined to support his proposal....
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Barack Obama seeks UN name & shame greenhouse gas reduction pact
2014-08-27 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Its not what climate deniers want. Its not what poor countries want. Its not even what climate activists want. But in the absence of the slightest chance a gridlocked U.S. Congress is ready to take action on planet-warming carbon emissions, the Obama administration is moving to bypass its own lawmakers and instead strike a global agreement that would include naming and shaming countries that fail to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets. And that could be bad news for Canada, which is...
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Obama Seeks International Climate Accord Without Congressional Approval
2014-08-27 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The Obama administration is aiming to forge a legally binding, international agreement that would cut fossil fuel emissions and direct funds to poor nations dealing with climate change, without ratification from Congress, The New York Times reports. The agreement would combine legally binding updates to an existing 1992 climate change treaty -- allowing Obama to sidestep the constitutional requirement that treaties be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate -- with voluntary pledges for specific emissions...
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