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Obama's pragmatist side wins out in Keystone comments
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Post: Barack Obama downplayed any thoughts that his new climate change action plan is a straight choice between the health of our children and the health of the economy. But it wasnt just the 33 degree heat that made him wipe his brow continually. This was a defining moment in his presidency -- a speech where he made clear he is a firm believer in man-made climate change and intends to match his lofty rhetoric with regulatory action. What to make of Mr. Obamas plan from a Canadian perspective?...
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Obama hints at Keystone approval
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: President Barack Obama basked in applause Tuesday as he announced what sounded like a daunting environmental threshold for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline -- that the project can't go forward if it would "significantly' increase greenhouse gas emissions. What he didn't mention: His own State Department has already indicated that the pipeline can meet that standard. The State Department still hasn't issued its final environmental study on the pipeline, and the EPA has joined green activists...
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Canada Confident Keystone XL will be approved
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Canada's natural resources minister said Tuesday he's confident the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline project from Canada to Texas will be approved because it meets President Barack Obama's requirement that it not lead to a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Joe Oliver responded to Obama's comments earlier Tuesday that the pipeline should be approved only if it does "not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution." Oliver pointed to "Obama's very own State Department"...
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Obama: no Keystone XL if significant exacerbation of GHG; Canada: no problem
2013-06-26 10:30:17| Green Car Congress
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Obamas Climate-Change Goals Come With a Warning on Keystone
2013-06-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: U.S. President Barack Obama has laid out a sweeping plan to fight climate change that would limit pollution from coal-fired plants, a package he unveiled while making it clear that approval for Canada's Keystone XL pipeline project will only come if its backers can prove it won't worsen global warming. Saying that the world still looks to the United States to lead, Mr. Obama called for curbs on existing and new coal-fired plants - the sector produces two-fifths of the country's electricity but...
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