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U.S. government risks financial exposure from climate change - GAO
2013-02-14 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. government is at high risk of financial exposure from climate change, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday, two days after President Barack Obama vowed to tackle the issue with or without Congress' help. For the first time, the non-partisan congressional watchdog added fiscal exposure from climate change to its "High Risk List" of measures the federal government needs to fix. "Climate change is a complex, crosscutting issue that poses risks to many environmental and...
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Safety Compromised by Missing Rules on Oil and Gas Pipelines, GAO Says
2013-02-05 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Oil and gas pipelines could be made safer if pipeline operators had clear guidelines for how quickly they must respond to accidentsbut federal regulators don't have the data they need to establish those rules, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent arm of Congress. The first few minutes and hours after a pipeline accident are considered crucial for effective cleanup and damage prevention. But the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration...