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Questions for Obama's Science Team
dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/19/2008
Questions for Obama's Science Team
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What would you like to ask the science team advising the 44th president?
Sources: John Holdren to be Nominated as Obama's Science Adviser
blogs.sciencemag.org - 12/18/2008
Sources: John Holdren to be Nominated as Obama's Science Adviser
— blogs.sciencemag.org — John Holdren Credit: AAAS Strong indications are that President-elect Barack Obama has picked physicist John Holdren to be the president's science adviser. A top adviser to the Obama campaign and international expert on energy and climate, Holdren ... (more) Sources: John Holdren to be Nominated as Obama's Science ...

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money.cnn.com - 12/15/2008
Obama names energy, environment team - Dec. 15, 2008
— money.cnn.com — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his energy and environment team on Monday, ushering in what's likely to be a dramatic shift in the way the nation tackles the challenges of climate change, energy efficiency and the ... (more) Obama names energy, environment team - Dec. 15, 2008

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guardian.co.uk - 12/23/2008
Obama team plans biggest boost in history to save American economy | World news ...
— guardian.co.uk — Barack Obama's administration in waiting signalled yesterday that it was preparing the biggest economic stimulus in US history to avert mass unemployment in a stuttering economy that could face the toughest recession in half a century. In a programme ... (more) Obama team plans biggest boost in history to save ...

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Weekly Web Roundup
Switchboard, from NRDC — ... the Annual Energy Outlook's projection of U.S. energy trends through 2030. He also shares his questions for Obama's science team. ...

Daily Sprout
Earth2Tech — ... Picturing Federal Priorities: Andrew Revkin looks at trends in the government’s non-defense R&D spending since 1953 and asks, “Does that green ribbon look like an energy revolution?” Answer: No. — NYT’s Dot Earth ...

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