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Ecuador's President Abandons No-Drilling Plan, Approves Oil Exploration In Amazon
2013-08-16 08:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: President Rafael Correa has given the all clear for rich countries to begin drilling for oil in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest on Thursday, abandoning an ambitious 2007 plan he proposed to stop oil exploration in a pristine preserve. Correa had sought $3.6 billion in contributions to maintain a moratorium on drilling in the remote Yasuni National Park, which was declared a biosphere reserve by the United Nations in 1989 and is home to two Indian tribes living in voluntary isolation. Environmentalist...
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President Obama Announces $7-billion Power Africa Plan
2013-07-30 14:54:54| ENR.com: Headline News
New White House initiative will bring public and private funds as well as technical support to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa over five years.
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President Obama Urged to Outline Plan to Tackle Global Warming in State of the Union
2013-02-12 19:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In his Inaugural Address last month, President Obama committed to addressing global warming with strong words: We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. We expect the president to follow up on this commitment in his State of the Union address tonight. From Hurricane Sandy to the worst drought since the Dust Bowl, far too many Americans have already been affected by extreme weather events fueled by global...
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