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Carbon Regulations and Keystone Silence: Previewing Obamas Climate Speech
2013-06-25 04:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: In just a few hours President Obama will give what the White House is calling a major speech on climate change at Georgetown University--and for his increasingly wobbly environmental supporters, this is a long time coming. The White House complains that it doesn`t get enough credit for its environmental accomplishments: reducing carbon emissions, negotiating tough new auto fuel efficiency standards and pouring billions upon billions of dollars of funding into renewable energy research and deployment....
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Coal shares plunge ahead of Obama's climate-change speech
2013-06-25 02:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Shares of U.S. coal mining companies plunged Monday, battered by weak economic data from China, the overall stock market slide and the prospect that President Obama will announce plans for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal plants. "It was the triple whammy,' said James Rollyson, a coal analyst with the investment firm Raymond James. In addition, coal company investors were anxious over news Monday that the Supreme Court would review the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision...
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What to expect from Obama's big climate speech
2013-06-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MotherJones: President Obama will deliver an address on climate change at Georgetown University on Tuesday, outlining, according to the White House, his "vision for a comprehensive plan to reduce carbon pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of climate change, and lead global efforts to fight it." Obama tipped his hand on the new plan in a video announcement on Saturday, noting that climate change "is a serious challenge, but it's one uniquely suited to America's strengths." He pledged action on...
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Obama Previews an Upcoming Global Warming Speech
2013-06-22 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Three years after President Obamas science adviser, John P. Holdren, said that the president was planning a major speech on addressing human-driven global warming, its coming on Tuesday at Georgetown University. The speech comes a few days after White House officials said the administration was moving forward on the long process of regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. Heres what amounts to a video trailer for the speech, which the White House distributed via Twitter...
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Obama to lay out climate change plan in Tuesday speech
2013-06-22 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he will outline a climate change plan on Tuesday centered around reducing pollution from carbon emissions as he attempts to make good on a pledge for his second term. "This Tuesday, I'll lay out my vision for where I believe we need to go - a national plan to reduce carbon pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of climate change and lead global efforts to fight it," he said in a White House video. Obama made tackling climate change a top...
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