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Drone DJ
April 15, 2018
More and more wildlife researchers and scientists are turning to drones to observe animals. Drones are in almost all ... Pete Quasius, the Lee-County-based Audubon lobbyist who's accompanying Roberts and the drone to the rookery islands said about the drone: “The birds just ignore it.” Meanwhile, theÃâà...
Gwinnett Citizen
April 13, 2018
SNELLVILLE – A group of small business owners had a direct line to President Donald Trump Tuesday and used it to voice their questions and comments about issues facing their businesses. Trump appointee Bruce LeVell, the Small Business Association's Office of Advocacy's Region 4 advocate, was theÃâà...
The News-Press
April 13, 2018
“We're looking for trendlines,” said Pete Quasius, the Lee-County-based Audubon lobbyist who's ferrying Roberts and the drone to the rookery islands. Wildlife scientists are increasingly using drones to gather data. Traditionally, ecologists have looked for good vantage points to observe a flock, and useÃâà...
Yahoo News
April 12, 2018
Senate Confirms Former Coal Lobbyist to EPA's No. 2 Job ... A former lobbyist for one of the largest U.S. coal mining companies won confirmation to be the Environmental Protection Agency's No. 2 official ... More from Bloomberg.com: Saudis Shoot Down Missiles, Drones as Middle East Tensions Flare.
New York Times
April 11, 2018
Take a second to think of technologies popularized in the last nine years: drones, self-driving cars, Amazon Echo, Google Home, among others. ... Around the time our anti-stalking bill stalled, I remember a lobbyist telling me that we should really consider setting our bill aside until Congress could pass aÃâà...
SFGate
April 6, 2018
WASHINGTON — Online retail giant Amazon is ignoring Donald Trump's barrage of taunts and threats, focusing instead on expanding its reach into industries that the president's broadsides haven't come close to hitting. Trump has hurled one charge after another at the company over the last week.
Defense One
March 29, 2018
“Gerasimov is, like anyone in a senior military post, a lobbyist as much as a soldier, and at a time when the Russian defense budget is going to continue to shrink, he is doing what he can both to maintain it as high as possible and also to tilt procurement away from older-fashioned metalwork — which isÃâà...
Smart Cities Dive
March 26, 2018
In an opinion post published in USA Today on Friday, Mayors Andrew Gillum of Tallahassee, FL; Bill Peduto of Pittsburgh and Ted Wheeler of Portland, OR called for an end to local gun preemption influenced by lobbyists and "special interests" on the state level. The letter cites 43 states which have a formÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
March 16, 2018
A group of lobbyists watch a debate on a bill relating to mass transit funding during the House session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Saturday, March 10, 2018. The lobbyist .... It's also illegal to fly a drone within 50 feet of someone's home if the homeowner has asked the drone flier to stop. HB 638 fromÃâà...
The Hill
March 6, 2018
The military has tested fully autonomous drones, submarines and trucks in recent years. An October 2016 test that aired on “60 Minutes” showed a swarm of 103 small drones getting into formation, reacting to their environment and otherwise operating without any human help. Wareham pegs her interest inÃâà...
The Texas Observer
February 22, 2018
When Texas lawmakers passed a bill last year banning drones from flying near animal feedlots and oil and gas facilities, proponents said it was ... a top oil and gas lobbyist, told his audience that the drone legislation was an “anti-peeping Tom bill” that would serve as a “deterrent against bad journalists,”Ãâà...
WPXI Pittsburgh
December 31, 1999
AGADEZ, Niger (AP) - On the scorching edge of the Sahara Desert, the U.S. Air Force is building a base for armed drones, the newest front in America's battle against the growing ..... Neil Clark, ECOT's lobbyist and spokesman throughout last year's review, dismissed the whistleblower's allegations.
The Laconia Daily Sun
December 31, 1999
I'm not going to bother with the NRA drone that "people kill people" and "you don't know much about guns." (The latter may be true, but military experts stand ... The more fearful you make the gun lobbyists the more they're going to attack and mock you. But you know what? When it comes to command ofÃâà...
Coos Bay World
December 31, 1999
I'm not going to bother with the NRA drone that "people kill people" and "you don't know much about guns." (The latter may be true, but military experts stand ... The more fearful you make the gun lobbyists the more they're going to attack and mock you. But you know what? When it comes to command ofÃâà...
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