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Obama creates new federal task force on cancer
2016-01-28 21:09:42| Biotech - Topix.net
Obama signed a presidential memo Thursday establishing the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force. The memo says the goal is to double the rate of progress on treatment and prevention.
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States ask U.S. top court to block Obama carbon emissions plan
2016-01-26 23:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A group of U.S. states led by coal producer West Virginia and oil producer Texas on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put a hold on President Barack Obama's plan to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants to combat climate change. The 26 states filed a stay application with U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts after an appeals court in Washington declined last week to block Obama's Clean Power Plan while litigation over its lawfulness goes ahead. "If this court does not enter a stay, the...
Barack Obama: Once more, to the victory podium
2016-01-25 13:02:19| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
President Barack Obama's Jan. 20 visit to Detroit included a tour of the auto show and an old-fashioned stump speech to a gathering of auto workers and local leaders at the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources. With exactly one year left in his presidency and an eye toward securing his economic legacy, Obama recounted the harrowing times the industry faced in 2008-09 and defended the government's efforts to restructure it, in the face of skepticism.
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Court refuses to block Obama climate-change initiative
2016-01-22 18:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: A federal appeals court is refusing to block the Obama administration's climate change initiative. Two dozen states and other energy companies sued (PDF) the Environmental Protection Agency in October on the day the carbon-emissions cutting plan became law. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said that the plan, which impacts hundreds of power plants across the nation and is one of the president's centerpiece accomplishments, can proceed even as the legal challenge is...
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Obama Administration to Propose New Rules to Halt Methane Leaks
2016-01-22 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration is expected to propose new rules as soon as Friday to curb methane leaks from oil and natural gas production, its latest attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy production under its control, sources familiar with the plan said. The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wants to limit venting and flaring natural gas at wells on public land, practices that let methane into the atmosphere. Methane is the second most prevalent greenhouse gas after...
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