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Obama: 'If Congress wont act soon to protect future generations, I will'
2013-02-13 10:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: President Obama yesterday sent a stark warning to Congress that he will take executive action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and drive clean energy investment if a bi-partisan energy and climate change bill is not delivered. In a lengthy passage of the State of the Union address, Obama reiterated his commitment to tackling the threat posed by climate change and outlined a number of steps to "speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy", including plans for a new non-partisan Energy...
Obama gives Congress a climate change ultimatum
2013-02-13 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday gave Congress an ultimatum on climate change: craft a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the dangers of a warming world, or the White House will go it alone. "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will," Obama said in his State of the Union address. "I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate...
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In State of the Union, Obama threatens Congress on climate change
2013-02-13 06:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: This was the threat: Pass a market-based climate-change plan -- maybe something like the cap-and-trade program John McCain once proposed -- or I will unleash my administration. What does that mean? The Environmental Protection Agency has already established a web of new clean-air rules, and it still has untapped authority to crack down on existing sources of greenhouse gases -- big power plants and factories. This authority comes from the Clean Air Act, a law passed by Congress. Dont like the...
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Obama to Congress: Act on climate change or I will
2013-02-13 03:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama is telling Congress that he will take action to combat climate change if lawmakers don't do it themselves. In his State of the Union address Tuesday, the president said Congress should write legislation that would give polluters market-based incentives to reduce the emissions blamed for global warming. He said if lawmakers don't do that, his administration will craft executive actions that would cut pollution, help get communities ready for the effects of climate change...
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Dow Chemical CEO warns Congress about exporting too much liquefied natural gas
2013-02-12 22:07:27| Chemicals - Topix.net
WASHINGTON -- The head of Midland-based Dow Chemical went to Capitol Hill this morning to warn against policies that would lead to exporting too much of America's liquefied natural gas resources.
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