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Northwest governors to feds: Clear the air before exporting coal
2013-03-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The federal government must undertake and complete a thorough examination of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions before any decision on turning Northwest ports into terminals for exporting coal to China, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said in a letter sent Monday. The basic question as the governors outlined to the Council on Environmental Quality: Should the United States stoke use of a fuel that imposes public health costs, creates ocean acidification and rising...
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Governors Ask Obama to Weigh Climate Impact of Coal Ports
2013-03-26 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obamas administration should weigh the climate-change impact of burning coal in Asia when considering whether to approve Pacific coal- export terminals, two Western governors said. In a letter to the White House Council of Environmental Quality, the Democratic governors, John Kitzhaber of Oregon and and Jay Inslee of Washington, said the administration must expand its review of the projects and consider the carbon dioxide that would be released when the coal is burned for power....
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Destructoporn: Watch a Governors Island Building Make Way for a Park
2013-03-04 19:52:27| Real Estate - Topix.net
As part of its overall makeover , Governors Island is getting a new 33-acre park.
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Democratic Governors: The States Must Lead On Climate Change
2013-03-02 16:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BuzzFeed: While most D.C. lawmakers show scant interest in pushing through new legislation on climate change, Democratic governors across the country are advancing a new argument on the way forward: reducing carbon emissions and investing in clean energy, they say, is a job for the states. "I personally believe that with this obstructionist Congress," said Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, "nothing much good is gonna happen in Washington despite the president's best efforts." Climate change does have its champions...
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California Governors Office releases 2013 ZEV action plan; 1.5M ZEVs on CA roadways by 2025
2013-02-07 12:30:36| Green Car Congress
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