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The state of California is about to make history in a few weeks, when it will become the first ever to introduce the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) all over its territory. Starting January 1, 2010, the state will have the necessary means to force all of the fuel suppliers on its territory to abide by the new laws, i... |
24 November 2009
20:01 GMT |
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For California, heat waves are nothing new. The state is constantly bathed by the sun, and benefits from an arid and hot climate. But, from time to time, massive heat waves come over it, such as the one in 2006, which killed 600 people, 5,000 cattle and 70,000 poultry in one swift blow. This all happened between mid ... |
26 August 2009
09:48 GMT |
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Naturalists have managed to finally rediscover a species of extremely rare and endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs, which were last spotted some half a century ago in California. Scientists from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the San Diego Natural History Museum discovered the elusive amphibians ... |
27 July 2009
03:35 GMT |
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At the moment, California, a rather cash-strapped state, is spending quite a lot of money to mount a Supreme Court challenge related to a videogame law aiming at restricting sales of violent titles. The law was overturned twice, judged to be unconstitutional, but the State of California seems to be determined to figh... |
1 July 2009
13:21 GMT |
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As further evidence of the fact that the US healthcare system needs a thorough reform, a new study recently published in the journal Medical Care shows that nearly one million Californian residents sought professional medical healthcare in Mexico in 2001, preferring the so-called “lower standards” to thei... |
27 May 2009
06:31 GMT |
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California has decided to go to the United States Supreme Court regarding a law aimed at limiting the sale of videogames to kids under the age of 18. The law was initially put together and signed in 2005 and has since been struck down repeatedly by courts that decided it was not in agreement with the Constitution of ... |
21 May 2009
05:03 GMT |
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As announced yesterday, the Obama administration has made public its new federal requirements for the automotive industry, as well as the new goals of the fight against pollution and global warming. Surrounded by representatives of the automotive industry, environmentalists, and top members of the Congress, the presi... |
20 May 2009
20:51 GMT |
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According to sources close to the US President, Barack Obama will announce today a new set of limits concerning vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, as well as new carbon limits for America, in a move that is without precedent in the history of the country. The new limitations will be applied nationwide, at a federal le... |
19 May 2009
08:40 GMT |
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California took a giant leap forward on Thursday, when it became the first state in the world to impose regulations on gasoline and other fuels, with the purpose of reducing the environmental impact that they had. The move will force the market to look for cleaner alternatives, and has the potential to encourage inno... |
24 April 2009
09:30 GMT |
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When the government of the United States of America becomes interested in taking over some aspects of the banks that have generated the recession, a lot of people scream “socialism.”What will they say when they see that a Californian representative aims to restrict the amount of time that someone can spen... |
15 April 2009
05:46 GMT |
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The University of California in Berkeley (UCB) is now finally linked to the state's only underwater seismic station, via a 32-mile underwater cable that has just recently been deposited on the ocean floor. Finally, the Californian seismic sensor network is centralized, with UCB receiving signals from West of the... |
23 March 2009
07:40 GMT |
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Over the past 8 years, marijuana dispensaries throughout the US have come under increased scrutiny by the Drug Enforcement Agency, which has performed large numbers of raids on and seizures at these institutions. In California, the situation has been the worst, as this was the first state to legalize selling pot to p... |
9 March 2009
01:38 GMT |
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The state of California is currently getting ready to invest more than $50 billion into a state-of-the-art railroad system, one that would take strain off the already-crowded airport and road systems. The move is being hailed by supporters, who say that the bold initiative will make for a smoother and less polluting ... |
23 February 2009
06:24 GMT |
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San Francisco is now the proud owner of three electrical vehicle recharging stations, strategically placed in front of the City Hall, for optimum access from all areas. This effort is just a small part of a larger initiative underway in the state of California, where mayors form several large cities plan to turn the ... |
19 February 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Comprehensive statewide data recorded in California throughout 2007 revealed to UCLA researchers conducting a new statistical study that nearly 6.4 million state residents had no health insurance either for a while, or for the whole year. Some 20 percent of those under the age of 65 also lacked insurances for the sam... |
16 December 2008
07:29 GMT |
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California is the spearhead state in the US on issues related to reducing the effects of climate change and global warming, and yet it's pushing for even more measures to be approved, which would further establish how exactly the world's eighth largest economy is going to go about achieving the goal set for... |
12 December 2008
08:54 GMT |
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The “Back to Sleep” campaign, which the United States adopted in 1994, was one of the main causes for the reduction of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) incidence country-wide. However, to its praise, the state of California registered a drop in SIDS cases even before the campaign was launched. The numb... |
22 November 2008
04:50 GMT |
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In an unprecedented move, California's Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, urged state agencies to compile a thorough report by the end of 2010, detailing the possible effects of sea level rise on habitats across the large border that the state has with the Pacific Ocean. The coast line stretches uninter... |
17 November 2008
04:23 GMT |
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Waters off the coast of California have been used by the Navy for exercise and simulation purposes for over 40 years, until recently, when environmentalist groups got lower federal courts in the state to limit or even eliminate the use of sonars in some areas. However, the Supreme Court concluded that there was no ev... |
13 November 2008
02:31 GMT |
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It seems that the government of California is aiming to resurrect an anti violent video games law. The primary aim of the bill is to make it illegal for everyone under 18 to buy or to rent games that “appeal to a deviant or morbid interest of children and are patently offensive to prevailing community standards... |
29 October 2008
04:51 GMT |
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Chris Huntington, vice president of business development at SkyFuel, announced that the company's new parabolic troughs were made of reflective plastic-coated silver, instead of the usual mirrored glass other power plants throughout the world employ. Tough it may seem to be more expensive at first glance, Huntin... |
10 October 2008
04:55 GMT |
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 31, which makes it illegal to establish a connection with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag in order to access the stored information without explicit consent from its owner. The Governor had previously vetoed another bill (SB 768), which aimed at... |
6 October 2008
06:44 GMT |
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Sienna Miller definitely needs to make some major changes in her life as soon as possible. The sexy British exhibitionist, who has long and rich history of flashing various private body parts on camera, has done it again. Only yesterday, Miller - who is currently spending her holidays to the States with her boyfriend... |
15 April 2008
06:53 GMT |
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California, the state that decided that there can be no smoking in public places (bars, pubs and clubs included), just made another decision that will be regarded by some Internet users as crazy in a very annoying way. A court has just declared that trolls are to remain anonymous, because what they write are mostly a... |
8 February 2008
15:46 GMT |
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Out of control fires this late October rampaging through California didn't wield shovels and houses, but rather high-tech technologies developed at the University of California. The use of these tools not only helped the region respond and recover, but save lives as well. These unpredictable fires exploit the f... |
8 November 2007
08:51 GMT |
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Following the recent damages caused by the South California fires, the Mountain View company decided to help the authorities and designed a special Google Earth layer containing high-resolution photos with the area in order to show all the details that can be discovered from the satellite. The Google Earth content is... |
25 October 2007
02:40 GMT |
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What do you normally expect to find when you surf to a government website? Well, I for one, hope to find official statements, news about initiatives, things that concern a certain country and a lot of info on politics. I guess that everyone would expect to find the same things. Well, things are a bit different when t... |
5 October 2007
14:41 GMT |
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Now, here's some good news - this is a rare thing in cyber-security - the Californian government just issued an act that expands a data breach law. All that is needed for this new bill to pass is the governor's (Arnold Schwarzenegger) signature and the new "Consumer Data Protection Act" is going to be offic... |
17 September 2007
05:11 GMT |
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Yes, you read that right: Microsoft's Corporate Vice-President of the Interactive Entertainment Business division (including the Xbox and Xbox 360 game consoles), Peter Moore has resigned from his position with the company. He's not unemployed though (I'm sure at least one person asked himself/herself ... |
18 July 2007
03:47 GMT |
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It seems that although Sony is laying off some of its people, this restructuring is not directly linked to the PS3's bad start. What start...? It's been released for quite some time now and it's still lagging behind its competitors. Read on below to find out what Sony meant by "streamlining operations.... |
7 June 2007
09:52 GMT |
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Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia. Four famous US states that will represent an opened source of information for all the Internet users that will google for certain keywords. The Mountain View-based company agreed with the four states' authorities to return more information about these locations, including ... |
30 April 2007
06:56 GMT |
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