Cuomo wouldn't answer questions after a presentation at the state College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany.

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Cuomo wouldn't answer questions after his presentation, held at the nanoscience college of the state University of New York in a space where President Barack Obama was a cheerleader one year ago for states seeking a place in the competitive high-technology economy.

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Similarly, prominent global warming alarmist Michael Mann gave a presentation last month at publicly-funded Valencia College near Orlando, Florida.

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Seawater intrusion is also an issue, said Tareq Al-Ansari, a graduate trainee at Imperial College in London, in a presentation at the conference.

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