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Cars and Climate: What Can EPA Do to Control Greenhouse Gases from Mobil Sources – James E. McCarthy, Specialist in Environmental Policy, December 9, 2009. “EPA has received 10 petitions asking that it make endangerment findings and proceed to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases. Nine of the 10 petitions address mobile sources, including motor vehicles, …
“Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of key flu indicators in a report called FluView. During the week of December 20-26, 2009, certain key indicators decreased, others increased, and still others remained the same compared to the previous week. Below is a summary of the …
Pew Research Center: End of Communism Cheered but Now with More Reservations – The Pulse of Europe 2009: 20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall “Nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, publics of former Iron Curtain countries generally look back approvingly at the collapse of communism. Majorities of people …
Washington Post: “The past decade was the worst for the U.S. economy in modern times, a sharp reversal from a long period of prosperity that is leading economists and policymakers to fundamentally rethink the underpinnings of the nation’s growth. It was, according to a wide range of data, a lost decade for American workers. A …
National Institute of Justice InShort report, Cell Phones Behind Bars, December 2009 “A widespread technology that allows people to connect with anyone, anywhere, has created concerns for corrections officials. The use of inexpensive, disposable cell phones has changed the age-old cat-and-mouse game of controlling whom inmates communicate with in the outside world and is creating …
National Vital Statistics Report, Volume 58, Number 9 – Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: Provisional Data for April 2009: “Marriage and divorce data in this report are counts of all events occurring in the state that were received in the registration offices during the 1-month period. Divorce figures include reported annulments. There is considerable variability …
Follow up to previous postings on H.R. 4173, David Reilly, Bloomberg News columnist, commentary. Related postings on financial system
