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Obama triples area of protected California coastlineOn Friday President Obama announced the government would add almost 3,000 square miles of California coastline to the National Marine Sanctuary system, reports the Sierra Club. |
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Obama ‘backs assault weapons ban’US President Barack Obama wants to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the wake of the mass killings in Newtown, Connecticut, his spokesman says. |
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Victories for Marriage Equality and First Openly Gay U.S. SenatorBefore last night, voters in more than 30 consecutive statewide elections across the United States approved bans on same-sex marriage. On Tuesday, three states broke the trend—with a fourth still counting its votes—in what some advocates and organizations are calling the most successful election for gay rights ever. |
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Lucas Giving Disney’s Billions To Fund EducationAs Star Wars fans digest the news that George Lucas' company Lucasfilm was sold to Disney for a little over $4 billion, it turns out that it wasn't for personal profit. |
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New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to LifeEmploying a new tertiary wastewater treatment process reduced levels of phosphorous and trace pollutants in urban wastewater effluent below EPA safe levels, researchers from Veolia Water, Kruger and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found. |
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SpaceX launches station cargo
Source: BBC, Sun October 07, 2012 |
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Tesla Unveils Solar Powered Charging StationsTesla Motors unveiled the first of its six Supercharger stations in six California locations (Folsom, Gilroy, Coalinga, Lebec, Barstow and Hawthorne). |
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Obama Hikes Fuel Efficiency to 54.5 MPG by 2025The Obama administration on Tuesday introduced new rules to double fuel economy for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025, a move that the White House says will be comparable to cutting a dollar a gallon from the price of gasoline and that auto dealers warned would raise the cost of a new car. |
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Bill Nye the Science Guy asks parents not to raise creationist kids
Source: Entertainment Today, Tue August 28, 2012 |
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Community-Owned Solar Power on the Rise in the U.S.Conditions are right for growth in community-owned solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. |
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