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Scientists looking to get Congressmen on the record

by Tarkan Rosenberg Jun 19 2008, 04:33 PM The nonprofit action group Scientists and Engineers for America (SEA), along with 15 other scientific and engineering societies, launched a nation-wide campaign to enlist voters in helping to distribute an informational questionnaire to all current congressional candidates today. The questionnaire seeks to query the candidates about their ...

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Greening the Gov: How DC's Metrorail is brightening its eco-image

by Tarkan Rosenberg Jun 18 2008, 09:48 AM The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which runs the transit system in the nation's capitol, recently switched to the new light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs after years of using conventional 40-watt incandescent bulbs, which burned about 9 million kilowatts a year at a cost of more than $1 million a year. The lights-more ...

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Government employees pitch ideas for improving government

by Tarkan Rosenberg May 14 2008, 10:21 AM Imagine being able to take an online career quiz that helps determine what federal jobs are perfectly suited to you. Then imagine the same system helping you locate agencies that hire for those particular positions. If Robyn Dingledine of Littleton, CO has anything to say about it, such an innovation would soon become a reality. Dingledine was ...

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EPA moves closer to tackling climate change

by Tarkan Rosenberg May 12 2008, 12:40 PM The EPA's Office of Water hosted a live webcast last week to discuss a recently released draft strategy that aims to address the effects of climate change on the nation's water resources. Jeff Peterson, an EPA scientist from the Office of Water, detailed some likely impacts of climate change in the coming century, stating that globally, ...

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EPA finally addressing climate change

by Tarkan Rosenberg May 02 2008, 12:32 AM The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water has released a public draft strategy aimed at identifying the impacts of climate change on national clean water and drinking water programs, and possible approaches for dealing with them. The Office has also issued a memorandum asking for public comment on the strategy. The document, ...

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House Committee meeting on abstinence education reveals human tragedy

by Tarkan Rosenberg Apr 25 2008, 09:00 AM The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform received testimony from a variety of panelists Wednesday to determine the effectiveness of federally funded Abstinence-Only programs in the nation's public schools.  The government has spent up to $1.3 billion over the last ten years to fund the programs, which advocate abstinence until ...

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Greening the Gov: How the Air Force is reducing its 'addiction to oil'

by Tarkan Rosenberg Apr 22 2008, 05:15 AM The United States Air Force is using its influence as the biggest consumer of energy in the country to drive a number of innovative environmental initiatives and projects aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions and converting waste to energy. Some ideas to reduce energy use and carbon offloading involve the possibility of constructing ...

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DOE continuing to make strides on nuclear waste cleanup

by Tarkan Rosenberg Apr 07 2008, 08:57 AM The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is continuing efforts to clean up nuclear waste left over from Cold War-era weapons production. It recently released a "roadmap" that seeks to outline strategies for a safer and more efficient cleanup process at the nation's 16 remaining waste sites, to be implemented ...

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Coast Guard using garbage for power

by Tarkan Rosenberg Mar 26 2008, 01:00 AM The United States Coast Guard is currently undertaking the largest renewable energy project in its history at the Curtis Bay shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland. A cogeneration plant consisting of four engines will run on methane gas - a byproduct of decomposing materials - siphoned from a nearby city-owned landfill. The plant will power the entire ...

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Woman Awarded Silver Star

by Tarkan Rosenberg Mar 11 2008, 08:47 AM A 19-year-old medic from Texas stationed in Afghanistan is poised to become the second woman since World War II to receive a Silver Star, the nation's third-highest medal for valor. Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb ripped through a group of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April ...

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