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20 hrs ago | The Hill

Top White House climate adviser vows Obama will act soon

Heather Zichal, the deputy assistant to the president on energy and climate change, said she didn't want to get "in front of the big man" and unveil specific plans during an event in Washington, D.C., hosted by The New Republic .

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Related Topix: US News, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Environmental Law, Law, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Westside Today

Republican Congressman Darrell Issa -- He Fights For Us

"I will have you physically removed if you don't stop!" "You should be ashamed of yourself!" -- Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, reproving Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Ronald Weich for providing "blank pages" of discovery on the Fast and Furious gun-running scandal.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Democrat, Los Angeles, CA

Bellingham Herald

Army Corps of Engineers won't review broad impacts of proposed coal terminals

WASHINGTON — The U.S Army Corps of Engineers will not review the broader climate-change impacts of proposed coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest, an agency official told Congress on Tuesday, June 18. The much-anticipated decision is a significant victory for the supporters of three coal terminals in Washington and Oregon — ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, John Shimkus, Ed Whitfield

The Salinas Californian

Book raises alarms about alternative medicine

The most likely cause of the girl's condition: toxic side effects from more than 80 dietary supplements, which the girl's mother carried in a shopping bag, says Sarah Erush, clinical pharmacy manager at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where the girl was treated last summer.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

USA Today

Book raises alarms about alternative medicine

There are serious but often little-known risks posed by some forms of alternative medicine, which is a loosely regulated industry.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Xinhuanet

Organizations in LA protest against possible food stamp cuts

Organizations in Los Angeles Monday rallied at U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman's regional office to protest against possible food stamp cuts, expecting the U.S. Congress to veto the proposed cuts which will impact about 2 million Americans.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Life, Food, Nutrition, Barack Obama

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Washington Post

As Obama moves forward on climate, he faces a tough political task

A pair of fundraisers just 90 minutes apart in the San Francisco Bay Area last week laid bare the competing forces of politics and policy that President Obama is grappling with as he prepares to unveil a slate of major initiatives on global warming in late June or in July.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Environment, Science, Activism, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat, US House of Representatives

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Daily Kos

KY-01: What are the Issues in Congressman Ed Whitfield's District?

Take note that these Congressional District Information Diaries are not meant to evaluate whether or not the districts are beatable.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ed Whitfield, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barack Obama

WLS-AM Chicago

Waxman, Rush request hearing on temperature increases, climate change

Story by 89 WLS Web Writer Kim Rasmussen Congressmen Henry Waxman and Bobby Rush are requesting a hearing on a new report from the International Energy Agency .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bobby Rush

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Examiner.com

Iranian cyberattacks vs. US smart grid

Amid the recent flurry of Iranian cyberattacks on US power companies, announced by government officials in late May, the country's power grid infrastructure needs a major overhaul to improve national security.

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Related Topix: Edward Markey, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Wed Jun 12, 2013

The Hill

Overnight Tech: McCain urges FCC to shake up video market

THE LEDE: Sen. John McCain is looking to recruit the Federal Communications Commission to his campaign for "a la carte" cable TV packages.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Greg Walden, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Dianne Feinstein

The Heritage Foundation

The Ethanol Mandate: Don't Mend It, End It

Praised as a policy that would reduce dependence on oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Renewable Fuel Standard , which requires refineries to blend ethanol into gasoline, has been fraught with unintended consequences.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Fred Upton, Democrat, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

AdWeek

Hearing on Satellite TV Act Turns Into State of Video Hearing

A hearing yesterday on a 25-year-old law law governing whether or not satellite TV services can carry out-of-market signals quickly broadened into a discussion on the state of video.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Greg Walden, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Electronics, Directv, Cable & Satellite, Democrat

Nanaimo Daily News

US-China climate deal was long in the works, reflects shifting incentive for developing nation

Disparate interests ranging from environmental activists to businesses and industry are lining up to support a first-of-its-kind deal between the U.S. and China to phase out a chemical blamed for climate change.

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Related Topix: Activism, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, Global Warming

Tue Jun 11, 2013

The Hill

White House plots climate strategy with Senate, House Democrats

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Waxman met with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough last week to coordinate climate strategy, the Rhode Island Democrat told reporters Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat, US House of Representatives

Mon Jun 10, 2013

Detroit News

'Pasha' Dingell and the rise of Washington power

In October, 1991 Morgan Stanley, Merck and AT&T were among the corporations, lobbyists and Washington insiders who laid out $600,000 to honor Rep. John Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, in a glitzy gala at the Washington Hyatt Regency.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John Dingell, Journalism, Fred Upton, Republican, Opinion

The Hill

Overnight Energy: Senate dives into ocean research - a James Cameron production

The legendary filmmaker has traveled to the deepest place on Earth in his Deepsea Challenger.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat, Jack Reed, Al Gore, US House of Representatives, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Rush Holt

Examiner.com

Dingell sets a record

Last Friday, U.S. Rep, John Dingell became the longest-serving member in the history of the U.S. Congress, at 20,997 days, or 57 years and 177 days.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John Dingell, Robert Byrd, US Senate, Ann Arbor, MI

Politico

U.S., China forge deal to phase down HFCs - Judge shocked over...

U.S., CHINA FORGE DEAL TO PHASE DOWN HFCS: It was widely eclipsed by cybersecurity news this weekend, but China and the U.S. have forged an agreement to cut hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a greenhouse gas that has a much shorter lifespan in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide but are a potent contributor to the climate change phenomenon.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barbara Boxer, US Senate, California, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping

Sat Jun 08, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

US, China pledge to build new relations

Even as they pledged to build "a new model" of relations, President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of China ended two days of informal meetings here Saturday moving closer on pressuring a nuclear North Korea and addressing climate change, but remaining sharply divided over cyberespionage and other issues that have divided the countries for ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, US House of Representatives, Democrat