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Prepared Remarks of Chairman Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission: “At the FCC, we also recognize that mobile is central to our mission. No sector of the communications industry holds greater potential to enhance Americas economic competitiveness, spur job creation, and improve the quality of our lives. My goals with regard to mobile are the same …
Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturing Activities 2008 (10/07/2009): “In 2008, total geothermal heat pump shipments surged more than 40 percent from a year ago to 121,243 units, while capacity shipped rose almost 43 percent to 416,105 tons.”
News release: “The Department of Justice is releasing a new study today that measures the effects of youth violence in America, and the results are staggering. More than 60 percent of the children surveyed were exposed to violence in the past year, either directly or indirectly. Nearly half of children and adolescents were assaulted at …
New Guide Available from U.S. Government for Community and Faith-Based Organizations Working to Help Americans Stay Healthy from H1N1 and Seasonal Flu: “Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the White House Office for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships began distributing a new flu-response guide for community and faith-based organizations this …
Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission in charge of Information Society and Media, The Future of the Internet and Europe’s Digital Agenda – Brussels, 6 October 2009 “In less than 10 years, the internet has grown from being a novel technical gadget application into becoming central to the economic systems of the developed world. …
Short-Term Energy Outlook Supplement: Understanding the Decline in Carbon Dioxide (10/06/2009): This report explains the convergence of factors that contributes to the projected decline in CO2 emissions in 2009.” International Petroleum Monthly – September 2009 (10/06/2009): “This report contains world petroleum production data through July 2009; and OECD country petroleum demand, imports, and stocks data …
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a final rule to ensure that safe and reliable drinking water is provided to aircraft passengers and crew. The rule provides multiple-barrier protection through requirements for coliform sampling, best management practices, corrective action, public notification, monitoring and operator training. It will better protect the public from …
News release: “In a new survey, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that just 40% of adults are “absolutely certain” they will get the H1N1 vaccine for themselves, and 51% of parents are “absolutely certain” that they will get the vaccine for their children. The survey examined the reasoning among those who said …
The Riskiest Foods Regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI – a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. “Leafy greens, eggs, and tuna are on the top of a list of the 10 riskiest foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Those and seven other …
“Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long-distances, and that adverse impacts of emitted pollutants cannot be confined to one country or even one continent. Pollutants from traffic, cooking stoves, and factories emitted half a world away can make the air …
“Trust for Americas Health (TFAH) released a new report that finds 15 states could run out of available hospital beds during the peak of the outbreak, if 35 percent of Americans were to get sick from the H1N1 flu virus. Twelve additional states could reach or exceed 75 percent of their hospital bed capacity, based …
News release: “”The Financial Services Authority (FSA)..published its final rules on the liquidity requirements expected of firms. The far-reaching overhaul, designed to enhance firms liquidity risk management practices, is based on the lessons learned since the start of the credit crisis in 2007. The new rules will require changes to firms business models and will …
