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WASHINGTON -- The White House is announcing $4 billion in pledges from major foundations and institutional investors to pay for innovations that reduce carbon pollution. President Obama is also using his executive powers to help make such investments easier.Vice President Biden will draw attention to the effort Tuesday during a Clean Energy Investment Summit at the White House. The White House says the investment commitments come from hundreds of organizations ranging from the Sierra Club Foundation to Goldman Sachs.Among the initiatives is the creation of a non-profit group that would identify and assess companies and commercial investments that result in projects that are both profitable and aim to address climate change. The executive actions are designed to encourage the private sector to invest in more clean energy ef
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President Bush signed legislation Monday creating a new Department of Homeland Security to lead the fight against domestic terrorism, but said even the biggest government shakeup in more than a half century can neithe
stanley borraccia r predict nor prevent every conceivable attack. As he signed the bill at a White House ceremony, Mr. Bush said, We re doing everything we can to protect America. But he warned, In a free and open society, no department of government can completely guarantee our safety against ruthless killers who move and plot in shadows. Mr. Bush named close friend and current h
stanley thermoskannen omeland security chief Tom Ridge to head the new department. He also said he will nominate Navy Secretary Gordon England to be Ridge s deputy, and Asa Hutchinson, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, to be undersecretary of border and transportation security. The president s signature launched the most sweeping federal reorganization since the Defense Department s birth in 1947.It s a huge shift in a bureaucracy that is often slow to change, reports CBS News Correspondent Peter Maer. The new department will take charge of the Co
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