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LAUNCHing Ideas for a Waste-less Tomorrow
Posted by on April 2, 2012 at 3:25 PM EDTLAUNCH, a partnership among NASA, USAID, State Department, and NIKE, seeks ten game-changing innovations with the potential to transform current waste management systems and practices. The LAUNCH: Beyond Waste challenge will accept proposals April 1-May 15, 2012.
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Everlasting Struggle: The Sentiments of a Legend
Posted by on March 29, 2012 at 12:09 PM EDTServing others without the expectation of recognition -- that is what has carried Rogelio Lona through his 47-plus years as a farmworker. His mentor Cesar Chavez reinforced the ideal that nothing comes easy, especially lacking preparation; that, with Rogelio's hard work and zeal for organizing people around causes that will change their lives, drives him to press on.
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Five Reasons to Repeal Subsidies for Oil Companies
Posted by on March 29, 2012 at 11:57 AM EDTIn 2011 the three largest U.S. oil companies made a combined profit of more than $80 billion. After nearly 100 years of subsidies, President Obama thinks it’s time oil companies get by without more help from taxpayers who are already having a tough time filling up their tank
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Energy Performance Upgrades Offer Savings, Jobs, and are Self-Funded
Posted by on March 29, 2012 at 10:45 AM EDTGSA Administrator Johnson describes how performance-based contracts are a "triple win" for Americans: creating jobs, offering guaranteed energy savings, and coming at zero cost to taxpayers.
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It’s Time to End the Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil
Posted by on March 28, 2012 at 5:44 PM EDTThe United States has been subsidizing the oil industry for a century. In fact, some of the oldest tax breaks for the oil companies date back to 1913 – a time when there were only 48 states in the Union and Ford was still producing the Model T.
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U.S. Winter 2011-2012 is Fourth Warmest in Recorded History
Posted by on March 26, 2012 at 4:12 PM EDTNew data released last week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showed that the 2011-2012 winter season was the fourth warmest ever recorded in the United States.
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Invest in a Clean Energy Future by Ending Fossil Fuels Subsidies
Posted by on March 26, 2012 at 10:38 AM EDTInstead of subsidizing the fossil fuels of the last century by giving away $4 billion of taxpayer money each year to oil companies that are more profitable than ever, we should be investing in a clean energy future--especially when gas prices are high and drivers, whose budgets are already stretched thin, are feeling the pain at the pump.
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Weekly Address: President Obama Says House Must Pass Bipartisan Transportation Bill
Posted by on March 24, 2012 at 5:50 AM EDTPresident Obama is calling on the House of Representatives to pass a bipartisan transportation bill that would repair crumbling roads and bridges and support construction jobs in communities all across America
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Conservation That Works
Posted by on March 23, 2012 at 6:26 PM EDTWorking Lands for Wildlife is a new effort to focus both conservation dollars and wildlife management expertise on the recovery of wildlife species.
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Law of the Sea Convention Update
Posted by on March 23, 2012 at 5:36 PM EDTPresident Obama has stated that the United States will promote the stewardship and sustainable use of the oceans in several ways including by cooperating and exercising leadership at the international level and pursuing U.S. accession to the Law of the Sea Convention.
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