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Rhetoric easy, action harder for Obama on climate change
2013-01-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: TONY EASTLEY: One aspect of Barack Obama's inaugural address has attracted more attention than others: his pledge to act on climate change. After an election campaign where the issue barely rated a mention and a first term where he failed to get a cap-and-trade bill through Congress, the US president seemed to signal it would be a focus of his second term in office. North America correspondent Jane Cowan: JANE COWAN: Twenty-four hours after the president seemed to inject new urgency, the...
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In inaugural address, Obama makes a moral case for action on climate change
2013-01-23 03:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama had mentioned climate change in prominent speeches before Monday. In his November victory speech, he spoke of protecting Americas children from the destructive power of a warming planet. At his first inauguration, he promised to harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. But in his remarks Monday after taking the oath of office, Obama chose to make a moral case rather than an economic or national security one for taking action. We...
Bank chief calls for further action
2013-01-22 21:53:33| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King calls for further action to boost the UK's economy and suggests a review of the Bank's inflation targeting.
Barack Obama promises US action on climate
2013-01-22 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: President Barack Obama yesterday vowed to put the fight against global warming at the heart of his next four-year term in office. Sweeping aside years of American prevarication on whether to act on emissions, Obama promised the US would lead the world in its efforts to curb global warming, and in the development of the technologies to achieve this goal. "We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations," he said...
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From Vision to Action: 2nd AGCO Africa Summit Held in Berlin
2013-01-22 09:14:10| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
AGCO, Your Agriculture Company , a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, has held the 2nd annual AGCO Africa Summit in Berlin.
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