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Why the League of Conservation Voters was wrong endorse Hillary Clinton
2015-12-05 13:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Last month, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund took the unprecedented step of endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, after only one debate between the Democratic candidates and months before the first vote in the Democratic primaries will be cast. That was a big mistake. Its far too early in this primary for the nations most powerful environmental political organization to endorse. In 2004, LCVs endorsement of John Kerry before the New Hampshire primary was unprecedented...
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Here's How Hillary Clinton Wants to Support Displaced Coal Workers
2015-11-13 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday proposed a $30 billion plan to help displaced workers in coal-producing areas find new jobs and continue receiving health benefits as the country shifts to using renewable energy and more natural gas. Clinton's proposals expand on her earlier pledge to protect and build on President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan. Republicans have criticized Obama's plan as a "war on coal" that will devastate producing regions. The U.S. coal...
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Hillary Clinton Proposes $30 Billion Plan Help Coal Communities
2015-11-12 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: As the last pillar of her energy and climate agenda, Clinton's plan, provided to HuffPost by a campaign official, focuses on safeguarding coal miners' health and retirement benefits, and shifting local economies away from coal production rather than injecting more money into the ailing industry. Coal has struggled to keep pace with the natural gas boom and increasingly affordable renewable energy sources. Latest estimates have put renewable energy on pace to surpass coal as the largest source...
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Hillary Clinton: Climate change has contributed to refugee crises, including Syria
2015-11-04 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Hillary Clinton said climate change is a contributing factor to refugee crises Civil war in Syria and the rise of ISIS have led to a mass exodus from the Arab nation Climate change is a contributing factor in the world's most dire refugee crises, including the one in Syria, Hillary Clinton said in Iowa Tuesday. Clinton was asked at a town hall in Coralville about what the United States can do about refugee crises in Syria and Africa. After a long answer on Syria, including calling for a international...
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Even Hillary Clinton Thinks It's Time to Investigate Exxon
2015-11-01 01:32:14| Energy - Topix.net
ExxonMobile, one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world, is facing mounting calls for a federal investigation of its role in promoting climate-change skepticism. On Thursday, Hillary Clinton joined fellow presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley, along with a number of members of Congress , in calling for an inquiry.
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