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Senators urge Obama to reconsider climate regs
2014-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Twenty-two senators implored President Obama on Friday to halt plans to impose new emission limits on existing power plants, warning the forthcoming regulations would hit ratepayers in their pocketbooks. In a letter spearheaded by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the lawmakers urged Obama to consider the burden to ratepayers before moving forward with plans to increase regulation. The appeal comes ahead of a June deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a rule placing new restrictions...
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CBS Boss Will Meet Senators Push More Climate Change Coverage
2014-01-28 00:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Two senators pushing major television networks for more climate change coverage will have the ear of a network executive this week. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) will meet with CBS News President David Rhodes on Wednesday, The Huffington Post has learned. CBS spokeswoman Sonya McNair confirmed the meeting, adding, "We routinely talk with lawmakers." Sanders and Schatz announced earlier this month an effort to pressure networks to cover climate change. Seven Democratic...
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Senators Urge Support for the Future of Biofuels
2014-01-26 15:26:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC A group of thirty Senators led by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Al Franken (D-MN), John Thune (R-SD), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) have asked EPA to support the future of biofuels and revise its proposed waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). read more
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Republican Senators urge Obama to move on Keystone XL pipeline
2014-01-24 11:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: All 45 Republican U.S. Senators urged President Barack Obama on Friday to end delays and approve the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline that would connect Canada's tar sands with refiners at the Gulf of Mexico. The letter was timed ahead of the president's annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday, although it is unknown if Obama will make a reference to Keystone. "Given the length of time your administration has studied the Keystone XL pipeline and the public's overwhelming support...
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Senators question recommended changes to NSA surveillance
2014-01-15 13:58:03| InfoWorld: Top News
Recommendations by a presidential panel to overhaul a U.S. National Security Agency phone records collection program could impede efforts to track terrorism suspects, some senators suggested Tuesday.Some members of the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned the recommendations of the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology, a panel appointed by President Barack Obama after last year's revelations of bulk data collection and surveillance by the NSA.
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