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Obama's Top Environmental Adviser Stepping Down
2013-12-04 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Longtime adviser to President Obama on environmental and climate issues, Nancy Sutley announced plans to resign from her post at the White House on Tuesday. Sutley will step down in February from her post as chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, which she has held since 2009. As chair of environment council, Sutley spearheaded the administration's National Ocean Policy and contributed to Obama's climate agenda. Obama thanked Sutley for playing a key role in the administration's...
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Girling: Keystone debate has become 'referendum' on Obama's green credentials
2013-11-30 12:46:26| Energy - Topix.net
The CEO of pipeline giant TransCanada Corp. says environmental groups have cast the Keystone XL pipeline debate as a referendum on U.S. President Barack Obama's green credentials.
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Girling: Keystone debate has become 'referendum' on Obama's green credentials
2013-11-30 04:25:18| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The CEO of pipeline giant TransCanada Corp. says environmental groups have cast the Keystone XL pipeline debate as a referendum on U.S. President Barack Obama's green credentials.
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Report: Obama's ethanol policy has ravaged the environment
2013-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: When President Barack Obama gave a major policy speech on reducing greenhouse gases last June, he didn't once mention ethanol, an alcohol-based fuel distilled from fermented corn. Biofuels in general which are extracted from plant or animal matter received a brief, passing reference. But when the Iowa political caucuses were on the horizon in 2007, thenpresidential candidate Obama made homegrown corn a centerpiece of his plan to slow global warming. And when former President George W. Bush...
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Enviros give a thumbs-up to Obamas new climate chief
2013-11-11 23:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Obama has picked Dan Utech, an experienced environment and energy wonk, to replace outgoing White House climate adviser Heather Zichal. The role doesn`t require Senate confirmation, so Utech got right to work today. His transition shouldn`t be too difficult. Up until now he has served as the deputy director for climate at the White House, where he`s worked since 2010. Before joining the Obama administration, Utech worked for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and served...
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