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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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Obamas Ambitious Global Warming Action Plan

2013-06-25 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: n advance of President Obamas speech Tuesday afternoon laying out his three-pronged plan to cut releases of greenhouse gases and the impacts of global warming, White House officials circulated detailed fact sheets and discussed the plans with journalists, including me, last night. They laid out an impressive array of steps, most of which have long been in the pipeline or anticipated and which can be carried out without congressional approval. The 21-page White House climate action plan is easy...

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Obama to Outline Ambitious Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases

2013-06-25 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: President Obama will propose a sweeping plan to address climate change on Tuesday, setting ambitious goals and timetables for a series of executive actions to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and prepare the nation for the ravages of a warming planet. The plan, to be announced in a policy address at Georgetown University, is the most far-reaching effort by an American president to address what many experts consider the defining environmental and economic challenge of the 21st century. But it also...

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