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Obama Halts Coal Leases on U.S. Public Lands
2016-01-15 20:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: No new coal leases will be issued on public lands while the Obama Administration conducts a comprehensive review of the federal coal program to identify and evaluate potential reforms, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced today. Taxpayer-owned federal lands supply roughly 40 percent of all U.S. coal production, and mining under existing leases will continue during the review. "Even as our nation transitions to cleaner energy sources, building on smart policies and progress already underway,...
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Obama latest big climate move: Keeping more coal in the ground
2016-01-15 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Just a few days after President Barack Obama promised new actions on climate change during his final State of the Union address, his administration has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of how coal can be extracted from federal land. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced on Friday that she was placing a moratorium on new coal mining leases on public land and that her department would begin a multiyear review of how those lease contracts are awarded. The policy change is likely to make the leases...
Obama Coal Announcement Takes Us One Step Closer to Keeping All Fossil Fuels in the Ground
2016-01-15 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: President Obama has taken a major step to move us away from coal and accelerate the transition to clean, renewable energy and we applaud his leadership. The federal coal program has undermined President Obamas efforts to address climate change by giving away our coal at subsidized rates, propping up this outdated energy source without regard for the damage done to communities or our climate. An honest, comprehensive review will show that we dont need to prop up desperate and outdated coal companies...
Obama Builds on His Climate Legacy by Making Historic Change to Coal Leasing Public Lands
2016-01-15 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Today, Sec. of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the Obama administration will be compiling a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on coal leasing on public lands and putting an immediate suspension on all future and modified coal leases. Sec. Jewells announcement today follows President Obamas statement in the State of the Union that he would push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet....
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Another Nail in the Coffin: Obama Set to Overhaul Coal Leasing on Public Lands
2016-01-15 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Obama administration announced today new rules for how the federal government manages and leases coal reserves on public lands. The move adds significant momentum to the growing campaign by climate activists to stop new fossil fuel extraction on public lands and calls to keep it in the ground. White House set to issue major new rule on coal mining on public lands: https://t.co/K16t8HHD11 pic.twitter.com/DmgzvDeD2h -- Wilderness Society (@Wilderness) January 15, 2016 The only safe...
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