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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

President Obama today established a Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience to advise the Administration on how the Federal Government can respond to the needs of communities nationwide that are dealing with the impacts of climate change. Executive Order.

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MAY 19, 2010

The report, Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change is one of three released by the NRC, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering. Fri, Chair, Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change. Advancing the Science of Climate Change.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

ARB has continued to work with EPA to ensure that the final federal rule—issued in August—and California’s regulations are harmonized to the extent that they meet both agencies’ air quality and greenhouse gas reduction needs. Since California requires the production of zero emission vehicles (e.g.

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JUNE 20, 2009

In the interim, we need a large, focused, federal program to develop and demonstrate commercial-scale technologies. Bilateral approaches on climate change should be encouraged and supported as a matter of US policy. Joint R&D programs between the United States and China should be supported and funded.

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MAY 28, 2015

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are Federal programs in which agencies with large research and development (R&D) budgets set aside a small fraction of their funding for competitions among small businesses only. 149,890.56.

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

Many of the technologies that reduce climate change emissions also significantly reduce the operating costs of passenger vehicles on a month-to-month basis for consumers. Nonetheless, staff believes that manufacturers will be able to certify their vehicles to both California and federal requirements when both programs are in effect.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

This revenue could be used to either cut other taxes or to avoid cuts in Federal programs. The first win—Congress could reduce personal or corporate income tax rates, extend the payroll tax cut, maintain spending on social programs, or some combination of these options.

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