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Japan vows quick action, public funds for Fukushima

2013-09-02 10:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Japan vowed quick, decisive action, including the use of public funds, to tackle the worsening problem of contaminated water pouring from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, as the authorities step in to help the facility's embattled operator. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government "will step forward and implement all necessary policies" to deal with the flood of radioactive water from the plant, a legacy of the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter century. The government will...

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Frontrunner to lead EPA vows more action on climate change

2013-02-21 23:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Hill: The front-runner to fill the vacancy atop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pledged to push ahead with actions to confront climate change during a wide-ranging speech Thursday. As President Obama said, climate change is a priority -- and we are going to take action, Gina McCarthy, the EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, told attendees at the Georgetown Climate Center Workshop in Washington, D.C. Obama is reportedly leaning toward tapping McCarthy as the...

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Biden vows climate change action in meeting with French president

2013-02-04 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Hill: Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed the Obama administration's goal of tackling climate change during the president's second term in a meeting with the French president Monday. I was impressed in the discussion we had relative to climate change -- and I mean this sincerely, Mr. President -- I could have been sitting in a private meeting with President Obama, Biden said in joint remarks with Francois Hollande following their meeting at the Elysee Palace. Biden said Obama was committed to...

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