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Obama extols U.S. national parks in picture-perfect social media moments
2016-06-18 21:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The moon was just rising over Half Dome, the setting sun reflected off its sheer granite face, as President Barack Obama and his family landed by helicopter in a meadow, the knee-high grass waving wildly while campers cheered. It was a picture-perfect moment designed to resonate on social media as the White House works to cement Obama's environmental legacy as the Jan. 20, 2017 end to his time in office draws nearer. Obama brought his family late on Friday to Yosemite, one of the nation's most...
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Obama says U.S. needs preserve national parks for future generations
2016-06-18 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fresno Bee: President Barack Obama and his family have a full day of sightseeing, hiking and a speech planned for Saturday in Yosemite National Park. While the president has some business to attend to, first lady Michelle Obama told Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, on Friday evening that the family plans to hike all over the park as much as we can. Bee staff writers John Ellis, Andrea Castillo, Carmen George and Tim Sheehan and photographers Craig Kohlruss and Eric Paul Zamora are reporting from the park. The...
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Barack Obama Touts Environmental Record On Family Outing To National Parks
2016-06-18 18:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: President Barack Obama and the first family celebrated America's cherished natural heritage. Yosemite National Park: President Barack Obama and the first family celebrated America's cherished natural heritage Saturday during a weekend tour marking the 100th anniversary of the nation's vaunted national park system. Obama, also using the occasion to tout his environmental record, is the first sitting president since John F. Kennedy in 1962 to visit California's Yosemite National Park. Obama...
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Obama touts the wonders of Yosemite and national parks, plus the realities of climate change
2016-06-18 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: With Yosemite Falls in the background, President Obama told an audience Saturday that climate change is already impacting America`s national parks. "Make no mistake, climate change is no longer just a threat - it`s already a reality," he said from a lectern near Sentinel Bridge in Yosemite National Park. The first family`s trip to what, with about 4 million visitors a year, is the nation`s fourth most-visited park, comes as the National Park Service is approaching its 100th anniversary in August....
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Obama: Climate change biggest threat to U.S. national parks
2016-06-18 16:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama says climate change is the biggest threat to U.S. national parks. Obama says meadows are already drying out at Yosemite National Park in California, where he spoke Saturday after spending the night in the park with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha. He adds that a rabbit-like animal known as a pika is being forced further upslope in Yosemite to escape warming temperatures. Obama and his family are spending the weekend at Yosemite after touring an underground...
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