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Obamas storm warning: Climate change make hurricanes more powerful and destructive
2015-05-28 21:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: President Obama headed down to Miami Thursday, where he visited the National Hurricane Center, did some science and issued a stern warning about the risks climate change poses - to the low-lying coastal city, especially. The best climate scientists in the world are telling us that extreme weather events like hurricanes are likely to become more powerful," Obama said, according to the Hill. "When you combine stronger storms with rising seas, thats a recipe for more devastating floods." He...
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Obama's Arctic drilling strategy: It's complicated
2015-05-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: It was just in January when environmentalists were praising President Obama for setting aside nearly 10 million acres in the Arctic Ocean for protection from oil and gas development. Weeks before that, his administration announced he would not allow drilling in Alaska`s Bristol Bay, home to one of the world`s richest runs of wild salmon. Now, after his administration on Monday announced conditional approval for Shell Alaska to drill exploratory wells in parts of the Arctic, critics were quick...
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Dinner, data part of Obama's courting of Democrats on trade authority, TPP
2015-05-11 07:46:41| Footwear - Topix.net
Protesters, many against granting U.S. President Barack Obama fast-track trade authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, rally outside the hotel where Obama was participating in a Democratic National Committee event in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday. By the time Air Force One touched down in Oregon on Thursday before a pro-trade pep rally at Nike Inc., Rep. Suzanne Bonamici already had gotten the full Barack Obama treatment.
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Even Keystone Foes Grow Weary of Obama's Delay in Deciding
2015-05-08 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Keystone XL supporters often complain that President Barack Obamas delay in deciding on whether to allow the oil pipeline to be built is costing jobs and keeping the U.S. tied to unstable energy partners. With the review now stretching beyond six years, some critics, increasingly confident that Obama will reject the Canada-to-U.S. pipeline, have joined them in calling for a resolution. We dont understand what the White House is waiting for, says Jane Kleeb, the founder of Bold Nebraska,...
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Obama's cars claim in trade deal running on empty?
2015-05-07 05:01:32| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
One of President Barack Obama's favorite sales pitches for his proposed trade deal with Pacific Rim nations -- known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP -- is that it will be a boon to the U.S. auto industry. If the TPP is passed, Obama argues, more Ford Mustangs and Chevy pick-ups will be cruising the streets of Japan.
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