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Energy policy shift will put tackling climate change on backburner
2015-11-18 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The energy secretary, Amber Rudd, is to reset Britains energy policy on Wednesday in a direction that downgrades tackling climate change from its highest priorities but commits to closing all traditional coal-fired plants by 2025. In her biggest speech in the job, Rudd will say she wants policy to focus on making energy affordable and secure. She will say the aim is a consumer-led, competition-focused energy system that has energy security at the heart of it, and will suggest the balance has...
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Australia's Climate Policy Allows for Increased Emissions, Critics Contend
2015-09-02 15:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Abbott government has signed off on detailed rules for its Direct Action climate policy, which experts say will allow big industry to actually increase greenhouse emissions. The so-called safeguards mechanism is supposed to ensure that increased emissions from heavy industry and electricity generators do not undo the reductions bought through the governments $2.5bn scheme. Related: Australia's Direct Action fund may need $1bn more to meet emissions target The environment minister,...
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Obama Policy Could Force Robust Climate Discussion From 2016 Candidates
2015-08-03 03:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The issue of climate change played almost no role in the 2012 presidential campaign. President Obama barely mentioned the topic, nor did the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney. It was not raised in a single presidential debate. But as Mr. Obama prepares to leave office, his own aggressive actions on climate change have thrust the issue into the 2016 campaign. Strategists now say that this battle for the White House could feature more substantive debate over global warming policy than any previous presidential...
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Hillary Clinton climate policy ambitious, but falls short of bold
2015-07-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: With solar power and wind electricity booming, Hillary Clinton promises to double down on them if she is elected president. With polls indicating swing state voters believe human activities are causing climate change by a 2-1 margin, her new platform on climate change mocks Republican right-wingers as being out of touch with reality. Clintons speeches on climate change on Sunday and Monday, with their heavy emphasis on renewable energy, are substantively significant, but they are not bold,...
Gap between federal climate policy, coal leasing
2015-07-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Southern Utah is national park country -- five parks spread across scenic red rock canyons and picturesque mesas. It's also the scene of the Obama administration's ongoing coal leasing program, which allows mining companies to produce coal on federally-owned public land. At a time when climate scientists are warning with increasing urgency that many fossil fuel resources must be left in the ground, the federal government is leasing publicly-owned land and minerals for coal mining at an increasing...
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