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Obama takes on power plants, Keystone as part of climate plan
2013-06-25 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama tried to revive his stalled climate change agenda on Tuesday, promising new rules to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants and other domestic actions including support for renewable energy. Obama also signaled he would block construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada if it contributed to climate change. That does not mean the project is doomed, however. A State Department report, which Obama could reference, has said the pipeline would not change the...
Obama climate-change speech to be combed for Keystone clues
2013-06-25 10:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: With an eye on his legacy, President Barack Obama will unveil Tuesday sweeping plans to help save the planet from runaway global warming by curbing greenhouse-gas emissions. But the toughest climate-change decision soon to cross the President's Oval Office desk - the fate of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline designed to ship Alberta oil-sands crude across America - likely won't even rate a mention. Anti-Keystone XL activists said they will demonstrate at Georgetown University where Mr. Obama is...
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Obama says carbon key to Keystone fate
2013-06-25 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: President Barack Obama on Tuesday put climate change at the center of the heated debate over the Keystone XL pipeline by insisting in a major policy speech that the project's fate hinges on how much carbon dioxide it contributes to the atmosphere. "The net effects of the pipeline's impact on our climate will be absolutely critical in determining whether this project will be allowed to go forward," Obama said as he unveiled a broad plan for combatting global warming. Obama vowed that his administration...
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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Construction of Keystone XL Pump Station in Oklahoma Shut Down by Activists
2013-06-24 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Early this morning, eight individuals blocked construction of a pump station for TransCanadas controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline on Seminole land-by-treaty in Oklahoma by locking on to equipment in the largest action yet by the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance. Nine people have been arrested. They managed to shut down the site until a volunteer firefighter reportedly injured one of the lockdowners, who is now in an ambulance. Others participating in the action unlocked out of concerns...
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