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Expanding Coal Exports Test Obamas Inaugural Climate Pledges

2013-01-22 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Following surprisingly forceful statements on the threat of global climate change by President Barack Obama during his second inaugural address on Monday, campaigners here are expressing cautious optimism that a second Obama administration will be able to see through some of the substantive actions on carbon reduction that largely eluded the president's first term. "We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,"...

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Obama pledges to deal with climate change

2013-01-21 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Environmental groups hailed President Barack Obama's warning about climate change in his second inauguration speech, but said the president's words will soon be tested as he decides whether to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. Obama pledged Monday to respond to what he called ''the threat of climate change,'' saying the failure to do so would be a betrayal of the nation's children and future generations. ''Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science'' that global...

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Perdue Farms pledges to the United Way

2013-01-18 12:27:59| Food - Topix.net

Contributed photo Perdue Farm's Rockingham Associates pledged $43,037 to the United Way of Richmond County.

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Malaysian candidate pledges to drop controversial dam in Sarawak if elected

2013-01-14 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Malaysia's current opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has pledged to cancel the controversial Baram Dam in Sarawak if upcoming general elections sweep him into the office of Prime Minister. Ibrahim made the announcement while visiting the state of Sarawak, located on the island of Borneo, over the weekend, according to the indigenous rights NGO, Bruno Manser Fund. The Baram dam is one of several mega-dams that have led to large-scale protests and even construction occupations in the rainforests...

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