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Former Obama pilot: I barely evaded a midair collision
2015-06-03 17:50:50| Airlines - Topix.net
When you think back to all the procedural regulations and technological innovations that have been added just over the past 25 years to make air travel so much safer, you really have to marvel. I think back and remember how close I came, on several occasions, to being caught up in catastrophe.
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President Obama Awards Medal of Honour to WWI Hero Henry Johnson
2015-06-03 17:35:47| PortlandOnline
Helen Silvis in the Skanner, June 3, 2015
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GOP pledges to a rein ina Obama on EPA rules, global warming
2015-05-31 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama administration says a new federal rule regulating small streams and wetlands will protect the drinking water of more than 117 million people in the country. Not so, insist Republicans. They say the rule is a massive government overreach that could even subject puddles and ditches to regulation. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is promising to rein in the government through legislation or other means. Its a threat with a familiar ring. What else are Capito and other Republicans...
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Military burden: Obama warns of a new climate change worry
2015-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Gazette: Rather than warn of dire future consequences, President Barack Obama last week declared climate change an "immediate risk' to the country's security. His remarks, made in a commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, are a wake-up call to a complacent nation. Mr. Obama has taken credible steps to address global warming. After his cap-and-trade proposal failed in Congress, he used the Environmental Protection Agency's authority under the Clean Air Act to push new regulations on pollutants,...
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Obama says Texas storms a reminder to prepare for disasters
2015-05-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Thursday the deadly flooding in Texas should serve as a reminder of the need to make the nation more resilient to the impact of natural disasters, adding that climate change is affecting both the pace and intensity of storms. Making the first visit of his presidency to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Obama said that while the nation is better prepared than ever for the storms of today, "the best scientists in the world are telling us that extreme weather events,...
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