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Obama vs. Republicans: the battle over clean energy and coal
2015-04-27 01:00:00| Power Technology
President Obamas 2016 budget offered a further $239m to continue the Environmental Protection Agencys Clean Power Plan, along with $4bn to incentivise states to further reduce emissions. However, with Republicans many of whom are broadly pro-coal
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Obama visits Everglades to talk about climate change - goad Republicans to do likewise
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama will visit an ecologically sensitive national park on Wednesday in a politically sensitive state. Obamas Earth Day trip to the Florida Everglades will be accompanied by historical dedications -- the Miami home of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, who famously called the Everglades a river of grass -- and much talk of the value of national parks -- a new National Parks Service report documents their value to the economy. But the political context is unmistakable: Obamas climate change-focused...
House Republicans Attack Protections For Poor People Living In Mobile Homes
2015-04-14 14:12:25| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
The House will vote Tuesday to repeal consumer protections for low-income borrowers in rural America who have seen the promise of affordable housing turned into a financial sinkhole by a mobile home industry that makes pre-manufactured houses far more expensive to buy than they need to be. The bill is part of the GOP majority's campaign to chisel away at specific pieces of the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory overhaul that became law in 2010 but which left many details to be filled in later by regulators.
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More Independents Than Democrats or Republicans
2015-04-10 02:19:05| IT Services - Topix.net
A Pew Research Center survey based on more than 25,000 interviews confirms a trend years in the making: More people consider themselves politically independent than identify with the Republican or Democratic parties. From 1940 through 1990, more Americans were Democrats than Republicans .
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Republicans warn world that Obama UN plan could be undone
2015-04-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration's plan for U.N. climate change talks encountered swift opposition after its release Tuesday, with Republican leaders warning other countries to "proceed with caution" in negotiations with Washington because any deal could be later undone. The White House is seeking to enshrine its pledge in a global climate agreement to be negotiated Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 in Paris. It calls for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by close to 28 percent from 2005 levels within a decade, using...
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