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Diverse Coalition Urges White House and U.S. Trade Reps to Stand Strong on COOL
2015-03-10 01:54:33| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (March 9, 2015) Members of a diverse coalition representing family farmers and ranchers and consumer and trade groups met with officials of the White House and the U.S. Trade Representative to urge the administration to stand strong to protect Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL).
White House Mulled, Then Balked at Curbing Explosive Gas on Oil Trains
2015-03-06 16:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration weighed national standards to control explosive gas in oil trains last year but rejected the move, deciding instead to leave new rules to North Dakota, where much of the fuel originates. Current and former administration officials told Reuters they were unsure if they had the power to force the energy industry to drain volatile gas from crude oil originating in North Dakota's fields. Instead, they opted to back North Dakota's effort to remove the cocktail of explosive...
White House Threatens Veto of EPA 'Secret Science' Bill
2015-03-06 16:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a pair of Republican bills aimed at changing the way the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses science to justify regulations. The first bill would attack the EPAs use of secret science. In response to common Republican accusations that the EPA is not transparent enough, it would require the agency to publicly release the details of any scientific research that it uses for regulations. The second bill would reform the EPAs Scientific...
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GOP White House contenders: An early rundown climate change positions
2015-03-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Freshly formed snowball in hand, Republican Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma took the Senate floor last week. He was there to discuss the "hysteria on global warming," he said, citing the snowball and a frigid winter in Washington, D.C. as evidence that the climate isn't changing. The senator was roundly criticized for being out of touch with the science of global warmingwhich involves fiercer winter storms. His prop threw the Republican Party's views on climate change into sharp relief. While top...
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Obama vetoes Keystone XL bill, but White House says pipeline's approval still 'possible'
2015-02-25 13:09:29| Energy - Topix.net
U.S. President Barack Obama issued his third veto Tuesday to reject legislation that would allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, escalating a battle over the project with Republicans in Congress. Notice of the long-expected veto was released without fanfare via a message to the Senate just hours after the bill formally arrived at the White House.
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