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Florida politicians battle rhetoric as rising seas drive worries over climate change
2014-10-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: At least twice in a normal year, the Biscayne Bay rises to swamp the streets of this fashionable resort town in an event known as the king tide. Water spills over seawalls and gurgles up through storm drains in what scientists say is a preview of life in Florida in a warming climate. But this is an election year, when even nature becomes a foil for competing political narratives. When a highly anticipated king tide hit the Florida coast last week, state and local officials surged into action...
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Leaders say coal rhetoric not helping
2014-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: West Virginia's top legislative leaders aren't sure clamoring over coal this election season does much good for Appalachia's already-sputtering industry. In the Mountain State, federal campaigns have hammered on the fear of federal regulation further stifling coal. Hopefuls for an open Senate seat and two competitive House races have recited the same conversation: Republicans lump Democrats in with President Obama, an ever-unpopular figure in West Virginia. Democrats zigzag to show they don't support...
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Obama Greenhouse-Gas Cut Plan Is Rhetoric, Australia's Robb Says
2014-06-15 16:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obamas bid to cut power-plant emissions in the U.S. is all talk and no action, Australias chief trade deals negotiator said. Despite the rhetoric you get over here and all the targets for 30 percent reductions and all this, its just rhetoric, Trade Minister Andrew Robb said in a Sky News interview from Houston, Texas, where he was visiting alongside Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Theres no action associated with it. Obama is seeking state-by-state limitations on...
The rhetoric of Obamas climate plan vs. reality
2014-06-08 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama and his harshest critics business groups and Republicans have a shared interest in exaggerating the impact of the presidents proposal on climate change. By 2030, the proposal would reduce the electricity sectors greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 percent from a 2005 base . For Obama, its all about legacy. He wants to be the president who took bold action on the centurys great environmental challenge. For critics , its about demonstrating that costly mandates would hurt family...
Political rhetoric bogs down Keystone XL pipeline
2014-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning. Last month the Obama administration put off a decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The project has been enormously controversial. It would carry crude oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. This morning we examine what's at stake for the oil industry and for energy production. Here's NPR's Jim Zarroli. JIM ZARROLI, BYLINE: A lot of...
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