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Will Obama take executive action on climate change?
2013-02-12 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Times: Political watchers expect President Obama to go heavy on the climate change talk during his Tuesday evening State of the Union address. But they also predict he might take executive action -- meaning the issuance of executive orders -- and push his environmental agenda over the failure of a Congress that has, so far, refused to act. Green groups, especially, are hoping Mr. Obama will harp on -- and follow through on -- his "we must act" climate change mantra that filled his inaugural address,...
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State of the Union: Executive Action Expected on Climate
2013-02-12 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: President Obama is expected to launch a serious second-term push on climate change with his State of the Union address. With climate legislation dead in Congress, green groups are hopeful that Obama will follow the we must act mantra of his inaugural address and put the full weight of his executive powers behind their agenda. We are hoping to see some more substance on exactly what the presidents plan will be like, be it on the clean-energy side or on the side of cleaning up the largest...
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Climate change action in megacities - C40 collaboration
2013-02-12 05:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Why are cities so important? Consider this: for the first time in human history, we are living on a planet with a predominantly urban population. Created by cities for cities, C40 advances climate action agendas of the world's megacities in order to achieve meaningful reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks. The organisation started back in October 2005 when former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, convened representatives from 18 megacities to pursue action and cooperation on...
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Hurricane Sandy Survivors Demand Climate Change Action From Obama
2013-02-12 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Hurricane Sandy survivors and environmental advocates met in front of the White House on Monday to demand action from President Barack Obama on climate change ahead of his State of the Union address. "We're here to deliver over 280,000 signatures to President Obama asking for climate action now," said Brad Johnson, campaign manager for the environmental group Forecast the Facts, which, along with 350.org, CREDO and Moms Clean Air Force, helped gather signatures and put together the demonstration....
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Oregon suspends action on proposed Crescent-area food compost facility
2013-02-11 23:34:08| Waste Management - Topix.net
After protests from residents, state officials have suspended action on a proposed compost operation that could have brought Portland table waste to a Klamath County town.
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