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Obamas pipeline comments send mixed messages
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Wire: President Barack Obama's unexpected mention of the Keystone XL pipeline in his climate-change speech Tuesday gave the appearance of pledging a tough line on the project's environmental impact. But his comments were embraced by Keystone supporters, who said the pipeline has already met the president's standards. Standing outside Georgetown University in a blanket of heat that left him wiping sweat off his forehead, Mr. Obama said Keystone will be approved "only if this project does not significantly...
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Obama's pragmatist side wins out in Keystone comments
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Post: Barack Obama downplayed any thoughts that his new climate change action plan is a straight choice between the health of our children and the health of the economy. But it wasnt just the 33 degree heat that made him wipe his brow continually. This was a defining moment in his presidency -- a speech where he made clear he is a firm believer in man-made climate change and intends to match his lofty rhetoric with regulatory action. What to make of Mr. Obamas plan from a Canadian perspective?...
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Coal Industry Concerned By Obama's Climate Change Plans
2013-06-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: President Obama on Tuesday announced a wide-ranging plan to address climate change. Rather than taking it to Congress, Obama is implementing the plan on his own. The president wants the Environmental Protection Agency to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The biggest source of those emissions is coal-fired facilities.
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What's in Obama's plan to combat global warming
2013-06-26 09:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's wide-ranging plan to combat global warming would for the first time put limits on carbon pollution from new and existing power plants. Obama on Tuesday announced plans to reduce domestic carbon dioxide emissions by 17 percent between 2005 and 2020 and "put an end to the limitless dumping of carbon pollution." Other aspects of the plan would boost renewable energy production on federal lands, increase efficiency standards and prepare communities to deal with higher temperatures....
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Obamas Climate-Change Goals Come With a Warning on Keystone
2013-06-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: U.S. President Barack Obama has laid out a sweeping plan to fight climate change that would limit pollution from coal-fired plants, a package he unveiled while making it clear that approval for Canada's Keystone XL pipeline project will only come if its backers can prove it won't worsen global warming. Saying that the world still looks to the United States to lead, Mr. Obama called for curbs on existing and new coal-fired plants - the sector produces two-fifths of the country's electricity but...
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