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Obama to Nominate Father of Green Chemistry to head EPA RD

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President Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate Dr. Paul T. Among other benefits, his research has created economic incentives to reduce industrial waste. Anastas to head the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development in the post of Assistant Administrator.

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

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Editor’s note: This article is adapted from the author’s book War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future (University of California Press, published in paperback April 2024). So of course then we had to call EOD [personnel] out and waste their time and ours all because of this stupid little robot.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Obama Administration doesnt understand that. " President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. But GM says it wont get the money until the Obama administration is satisfied the company is financially viable. Posted by: Max | Apr 13, 2009 5:44:33 PM The Obama administration is full of idiots and scumbags.

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Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

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To help us sort out how the new policies are likely to unfold, we turned to Margo Oge, former Director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality and author of the book Driving the Future. Congress has, I think, 90 days or 160 days to act. Usually, Congress acts because there is a lot of private-sector interest.

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