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W.Va. at climate change crossroads as EPA power plant rules loom
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gazette-Mail: Last June, on a warm day on the campus of Georgetown University, President Obama took off his suit coat and launched into his most significant speech to date about the dangers human society faces from the buildup of greenhouse gases in the planets atmosphere. Wiping sweat from his forehead, Obama promised serious new action for the sake of our children, and the health and safety of all Americans. On Monday, the federal Environmental Protection Agency will make good on part of that promise. The...
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Major steps by the Obama administration on climate change
2014-06-01 13:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: On Monday, the Obama administration will release new rules regulating carbon pollution from existing U.S. power plants that run on fossil fuels like coal and natural gas, a linchpin of his plans to tackle climate change. Following are some key moments in President Barack Obama's efforts to address climate change: PUSH FOR CAP-AND-TRADE After campaigning on a promise to make the United States a global leader on climate issues, Obama pledged in his first inaugural address in January 2009 to "harness...
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EPA to make President Obama's big move climate change
2014-05-31 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: When the Obama administration unveils its much-anticipated proposal to curb power plant emissions, this cornerstone of the president's climate change policy - the most significant environmental regulation of his term - will not be declared in a sun-bathed Rose Garden news conference or from behind the lectern in a major speech. It will not be announced by the president at all, but instead by his head of the Environmental Protection Agency, while President Obama adds his comments in on an off-camera...
Obamas new climate change regulations will affect Canada
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Postmedia: U.S. President Barack Obama will release Monday what the White House is billing as a pivotal climate change plan that will lead to massive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel power plants. The plan will target the nations 1,600 fossil fuel plants, which together produce about 41 per cent of the nations carbon dioxide emissions. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) predicted the regulations could lead to a 35 per cent reduction in GHG emissions below 2005 levels by 2020. ...
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Obama says climate change growing threat to health
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama said the curbs on carbon emissions to combat climate change that his administration plans to unveil next week will also help address a growing threat to the nations health. We dont have to choose between the health of our economy and the health of our children, he said in his weekly address, which was recorded yesterday at Childrens National Medical Center in Washington. As president, and as a parent, I refuse to condemn our children to a planet thats beyond fixing....
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