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Obama's climate speech: 'It is time for Congress to share his ambition'
2013-06-25 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science President Obama's speech was very clear on the scale of dangers posed by climate change and the responsibility of the United States and other countries to act. Recent experience shows that the United States can cut emissions and grow. The United States, with its technology and entrepreneurship, can lead this new low-carbon growth story. The president...
Barack Obama pledges to bypass Congress to tackle climate change
2013-06-25 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama has taken an historic step forward in confronting climate change, asserting his power as US president to cut carbon pollution and protect future generations from catastrophic global warming. In a speech on Tuesday at Georgetown University, delivered outdoors on a sweltering hot day, Obama went further than any previous US president in outlining a comprehensive strategy for dealing with climate change. He also said he would continue to press the issue as a priority of his second term...
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On climate change, Obama bypasses Congress with ambitious plan
2013-06-25 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama delivered his most forceful push for action on global warming on Tuesday, declaring that his administration would impose tighter pollution controls on coal- and gas-fired utilities and establish strict conditions for approval of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Obama also announced that the government would take climate change into consideration in its everyday operations. The shift could affect decisions on a range of issues, including bridge heights, flood insurance rates and...
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Obama planning to sidestep Congress for next phase in climate change agenda
2013-06-25 13:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox News: President Obama will announce Tuesday he is planning to sidestep Congress to implement a national plan to combat climate change that will include the first-ever federal regulations on carbon dioxide emitted by existing power plants, despite adamant opposition from Republicans and some energy producers. In a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, Obama will announce he's issuing a presidential memorandum to implement the regulations, meaning none of the steps involved in the plan will require...
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SP and Congress activists clash at programme presided over by Beni Prasad Verma
2013-06-25 13:01:14| Steel - Topix.net
SP activists raised slogans and clashed with Congress workers during the foundation stone laying ceremony of a processing unit of Steel Authority of India by Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma.
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