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GOP Sees Opportunity for Election Gains in Obama's Climate Change Policy
2013-07-02 02:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: When President Obama announced strong measures to combat climate change last week, environmentalists who felt he had long soft-pedaled the issue for political reasons rejoiced. But many Republicans were just as gleeful in the belief they had been handed a powerful issue to use against Democrats in the 2014 midterm elections in energy-rich states from Texas to Minnesota. Elected officials and political analysts said the presidents crackdown on coal, the leading source of industrial greenhouse...
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Obama's climate change plan 'isn't a war on coal', says US energy secretary
2013-07-01 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The US government is not waging a "war on coal" but rather expects it to still play a significant role, energy secretary Ernest Moniz said on Sunday, rejecting criticism of President Barack Obama's climate change plan. Last week Obama promised new rules to cut carbon emissions from US power plants and support renewable energy. The coal industry, which would be hit hard by carbon limits, criticised the plan. Republicans accused the president of advancing policies that harm the economy and jobs....
House responds to Obamas climate plan with an offshore drilling plan
2013-06-29 01:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Not pleased with the modest climate and energy reforms Obama unveiled Tuesday, the House sought to drown out the president`s call to "invest, divest" with a reprise of its favorite "drill, baby, drill" chorus. In a 235-to-186 vote Friday, House lawmakers passed the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act, which Climate Progress said "reads like Big Oil`s Christmas list": It would open virtually all of the U.S. Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast off Southern California, and much of Alaskas offshore space...
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The biggest oversight in Obamas climate plan and its a doozy
2013-06-28 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: I`ve mostly been offering modest praise for Obama`s climate plan, but there are some notable oversights. While it addresses U.S. coal-fired plants through EPA regulations, it neglects another, equally large aspect of the coal problem. Specifically, I`m talking about coal mining, leasing, transport, and export in the U.S. Northwest. There`s a bad situation there and it`s getting worse. The Powder River Basin stretches across southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming. It is rich with low-grade (dirty)...
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Obama's environmental nominee in jeopardy from Senate Republicans
2013-06-28 00:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama made a plea this week for the U.S. Senate to confirm his choice to head the agency that will oversee the core of his new climate change plan, but nominee Gina McCarthy's prospects seem increasingly in doubt. McCarthy was nominated by Obama in March to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where she is currently the top air quality official. She has yet to receive a vote in the full U.S. Senate after narrowly being approved by the Senate Committee for the Environment...
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