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Study: Public trust doctrine could aid management of US oceans
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Since Congress lifted a moratorium on offshore drilling last year, federal lawmakers have grappled with the issue of how best to regulate U.S. ocean waters to allow oil, wave and wind energy development, while sustainably ...
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Geneva's smoking ban returns after one-year break
Sep 27, 2009 |
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A ban on smoking in public places will return to Switzerland's Geneva canton after being approved in a referendum Sunday, a year after a court ended a first bid to prohibit lighting up.
Nanotech safety high on Congress' priority list
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 16, 2009 |
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The House Science and Technology Committee today introduced legislation that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health ...
Google's 3Q lobbying costs eclipse $1 million
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1 million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets.
Ethical evaluations of nanotechnology
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Recent action in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field, experts say.
Was SIDS the cause of infant deaths even 150 years ago?
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Nineteenth century infant deaths attributed to smothering and overlaying, by either a co-sleeper or bedding, were in all likelihood crib deaths, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). These deaths would have been mislabeled ...
Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.
Hospitals propose mandatory insurance
Feb 22, 2007 |
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The Federation of American Hospitals in Washington has suggested that all U.S. citizens be required to have basic health insurance.
Device approval exposes political pressure on FDA
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has taken the unprecedented step of acknowledging that it buckled to "extreme" pressure from Capitol Hill in its approval of a knee repair device last year. While FDA officials call ...
House passes funding for green vehicle research
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Targeting more federal money to support the auto industry, the House on Wednesday approved an expansion of government-led research into making cars and trucks more fuel-efficient.
Federal toxics disclosure law could help inform public of nanotechnology risks
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 26, 2008 |
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The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) is releasing a first-time legal analysis that finds a key federal toxics reporting statute could be applied to production and commercialization of nanotechnology, providing the ...
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