· The freshman class at the College had a combined SAT score more than 100 points higher. Only 450 students applied to transfer to Columbia in 1981 and sixty-seven were admitted, according to the Columbia Spectator, compared to 650 applicants just four years before. Interestingly, Obama’s GPA may not have mattered to get into Columbia at all.
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He left to attend graduate school on a scholarship at Harvard University, where he earned an M.A. in economics.
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October 9 – The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to President Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
The Clean Power Plan was an Obama administration policy aimed at combating anthropogenic climate change (global warming) that was first proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014. The final version of the plan was unveiled by President Obama on August 3, 2015.
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, known as IBAMA, is a federal agency under the Ministry of Environment. It is responsible for the development of various activities related to the preservation and conservation of natural resources.
IBAMA’s role in environment protection. The institute must guarantee the implementation of the National Environmental Policy which was established in 1981 and intended to preserve, improve and restore the environmental quality of Brazil.
Even though, there wasn’t an agency that operated in an integrated manner. IBAMA was created in 1989 and was formed by the merger of Sema, IBDF, Sudepe and SUDHEVEA.
Another agency that also worked within the environmental area was the Brazilian Institute of Forest Development, known as IBDF, which was responsible for forest preservation. Besides this institute, there was the Superintendent of Fisheries, known as Sudepe, responsible for the management of fisheries and also the Superintendence of Rubber, known as SUDHEVEA, which was intended to enable the production of rubber. Even though, there wasn’t an agency that operated in an integrated manner. IBAMA was created in 1989 and was formed by the merger of Sema, IBDF, Sudepe and SUDHEVEA.
Operating license for mining exploration: authorization to operate experimental mining exploration for research. Seismic research licenses: authorizes and establishes conditions, restrictions and environmental control measures that must be followed in order to conduct research on marine seismic and transition zones.
Prior license to drilling: authorizes drilling activity related to the exploration and mining of liquid fuels and natural gas deposits