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Obama Pledges to Address Climate, Energy
2013-02-01 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: From Pres. Barack Obamas second inaugural address, January 21, 2013: We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition. We...
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Obama Talked Climate Change in His Inaugural Address. Now Can He Do Something About It?
2013-01-22 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance on Jan. 20 at the Green Ball, an inaugural event for environmental groups--and his message to the crowd couldn`t have been more welcome: I`ll tell you what my green dream is: that we finally face up to climate change...I don`t intend on ending this four years without getting an awful lot more done. Keep the faith. Environmentalists--who`d grumbled during the campaign about the absence of climate change from President Obama`s rhetoric--didn`t...
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Sanders pushes bill to address climate change
2013-01-12 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders says the warmest year on record in the United States and in Vermont has persuaded him it's time to get serious about climate change. The independent lawmaker says he plans to introduce legislation that would include a tax on greenhouse gas emissions from the biggest polluters, more money for energy efficiency and clean energy research and development. He says the measure also would end tax breaks and subsidies for fossil fuels. Sanders' announcement follows...
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