Obama looks to end expedited mining reviews NBC26 Green Bay Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration wants tougher environmental reviews for coal companies that mine the Appalachians by blasting off mountaintops and discarding the rubble in stream valleys. | Lincoln Meets High Court Nominee Sotomayor The Morning News Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:13 PM PDT LITTLE ROCK â" U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., met Wednesday with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, saying afterward she enjoyed their visit but reserving comment on whether she would support President Barack Obama's choice. | Obama picks are cool to US-India nuclear deal The Times of India Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON: The Obama administration on Monday named hardline non-proliferation warrior Robert Einhorn as the US State Department's special advisor for non-proliferation and arms control amid disquiet in business circles on whether the choice, along with other picks for key posts, will push the US-India civilian nuclear deal into cold storage. | Administration seeks ways to tame corporate pay The Conroe Courier Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON â" Talking tough but stepping gently, the Obama administration rejected direct intervention in corporate pay decisions Wednesday even as officials argued that excessive compensation in the private sector contributed to the nationâs financial crisis. | Congress abandoning Obama clean energy goals San Jose Mercury News Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:09 PM PDT Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources 'â wind, solar and the like 'â by 2025, though a push for at least some increase is making headway. | V for victory MyCentralJersey.com Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:06 PM PDT Victory gardens are in, thanks to first lady Michelle Obama. | Tenenbaum nomination goes to U.S. Senate The State Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:03 PM PDT President Barack Obama has sent the nomination of former S.C. schools superintendent Inez Tenenbaum to be chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the U.S. Senate. | NASA-nominee Bolden, DeMint meet The State Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:03 PM PDT U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint met Wednesday with Columbia native Charles Bolden, who President Obama has nominated to be the next head of NASA. | | |
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