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Obamas foreign policy doctrine includes climate action
2014-05-28 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: On Wednesday, on a cloudy spring morning, the president laid out the "Obama doctrine" for foreign policy during a graduation address at West Point. The highly anticipated speech came just a day after Obama announced plans for drawing down U.S. troops in Afghanistan. In response to conservative complaints that he lacks a coherent policy vision, Obama did his classic triangulation shtick of laying out the dichotomy he transcends: interventionists on one hand think we should police the world, while...
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US Industry Gears Up Fight Obama's Climate Change Rules
2014-05-28 18:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: This summer is likely to see a series of attacks by industry opponents of a U.S. plan to curb carbon emissions from power plants in a bid to stir voter anger ahead of elections in November, when voters in states such as Kentucky and West Virginia may determine whether Democrats keep control of the Senate. On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose new rules to crack down on power plant emissions, part of President Barack Obama's efforts to combat global climate change....
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Governments Await Obama's Move on Carbon to Gauge U.S. Climate Efforts
2014-05-27 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama is expected to announce on Monday an Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon pollution from the nation's fleet of 600 coal-fired power plants, in a speech that government analysts in Beijing, Brussels and beyond will scrutinize to determine how serious the president is about fighting global warming. The regulation will be Mr. Obama's most forceful effort to reverse 20 years of relative inaction on climate change by the United States, which has stood as the greatest...
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White House downplays Obama's golf round with lobbyist
2014-05-19 23:45:31| Beverages - Topix.net
President Obama's weekend round of golf with a veteran lobbyist didn't weaken his pledge to narrow the influence of K Street, the White House insisted on Monday.
President Obamas big carbon crackdown readies for launch
2014-05-16 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The EPA will launch the most dramatic anti-pollution regulation in a generation early next month, a sweeping crackdown on carbon that offers President Barack Obama his last real shot at a legacy on climate change -- while causing significant political peril for red-state Democrats. The move could produce a dramatic makeover of the power industry, shifting it away from coal-burning plants toward natural gas, solar and wind. While this is the big move environmentalists have been yearning for, it...
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