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GOP Sees Opportunity for Election Gains in Obama's Climate Change Policy

2013-07-02 02:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: When President Obama announced strong measures to combat climate change last week, environmentalists who felt he had long soft-pedaled the issue for political reasons rejoiced. But many Republicans were just as gleeful in the belief they had been handed a powerful issue to use against Democrats in the 2014 midterm elections in energy-rich states from Texas to Minnesota. Elected officials and political analysts said the presidents crackdown on coal, the leading source of industrial greenhouse...

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Dems, GOP seek to capitalize on abortion debate

2013-06-30 04:42:44| Electronics - Topix.net

In Texas, there is nothing like a fight over abortion laws to mobilize hardcore Republican and Democratic voters.

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GOP bill challenges the administration's change in 'social cost of carbon'

2013-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Hill: Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) wants the White House to take public comment on its decision to increase the estimated damages from carbon emissions that agencies use in regulations. Bloomberg reports that Hunter introduced a bill Friday to force the White House Office of Management and Budget to seek comment on the changed cost, and submit information to Congress explaining its methodology behind the increased estimate. A recent Energy Department rule that boosted efficiency standards for microwave...

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