Edward Markey

                   

Auto Makers Tap Brakes on Fuel Goals

wsj.com     05-Aug-2008   5 related          

Onetime Supporters Raise Objections To Mileage Targets By CHRISTOPHER CONKEY and STEPHEN POWER WASHINGTON -- At a meeting with NHTSA decision-makers on Monday, industry officials laid out some of their objections to the rules....                    

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Congress Questions Network Data-Collection Methods (NewsFactor)

yahoo.com     04-Aug-2008   6 related          

NewsFactor - Congress wants to know: How do search engines use your personal data? The House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent out letters on Friday to major network companies asking them, among other things, how they use...                    

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Google, Microsoft, Others Asked About Data Collection (PC Magazine)

yahoo.com     04-Aug-2008   5 related          

PC Magazine - A House panel is ramping up its battle against behavioral advertising by requesting that major ISPs and Internet companies provide detailed information about how they collect and store information about Web users'...                    

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Global Warming Message Morphs as Earth Cools

freerepublic.com     03-Aug-2008          

Rep. Edward Markey, chair of the Global Warming Committee recently told students gathered at the U.S. Capitol that climate change caused Hurricane Katrina. “There now is no question that this harm is being caused by human...                    

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Lawmakers demand info on Web tracking practices (AP)

go2blogging.com     02-Aug-2008   23 related          

WASHINGTON - A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits. In an...                    

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U.S. lawmakers query Internet firms on ad targeting (Reuters)

go2blogging.com     02-Aug-2008   10 related          

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are questioning the biggest U.S. Internet companies about whether they track their customers' visits online and exercise the information to tailor Internet advertisements for them. Senior...                    

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Comcast FCC decision: the reactions

reuters.com     01-Aug-2008   240 related          

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission today ordered the largest U.S. cable TV operator Comcast Corp to change how it manages its broadband network. The regulator concluded that some of Comcast’s tactics unreasonably...                    

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D.C. bluster, but no help for high cost of gas

msn.com     01-Aug-2008   10 related          

As Congress goes on vacation, parties won’t budge on possible remedies WASHINGTON - In a summer of nationwide anguish over fuel costs, Congress' attack on soaring gasoline prices has been full of high-octane rhetoric and...                    

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Politicians rip record Big Oil profits

bostonherald.com     01-Aug-2008   380 related          

By Jay Fitzgerald Friday, August 1, 2008 - Updated 11m ago U.S. Rep. Edward Markey and other congressional Democrats yesterday slammed Exxon Mobil’s record $11.7 billion earnings, the largest quarterly profit ever for an...                    

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Analysis: Congress' tank hits empty on energy help

newsvine.com     01-Aug-2008   873 related          

In a summer of nationwide anguish over fuel costs, Congress' attack on soaring gasoline prices has been full of high-octane rhetoric and low-energy results. Both parties instead have fought bitterly for weeks over who can make...                    

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