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Look At the Polls People, Rejecting Keystone XL Is a Political Winner for President Obama
2013-01-28 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have made a bombproof environmental case against project. There is a lot of conjecture about KXL, but facts are facts. Keystone XL is an export pipeline; it will increase global warming emissions; and it will benefit giant oil and gas companies that already have a vice-like grip on our political system. But thus far opponents of KXL--of which I'm one--have yet to make a political argument against KXL that sticks. After all, KXL has become a political hot potato,...
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Bank of America Battling Stockholder Proposal on Political Spending
2013-01-26 20:12:55| Paper - Topix.net
Jan. 26--Bank of America has succeeded in keeping stockholder proposals on the bank's dividend and executive pay off its upcoming annual meeting ballot -- but the Charlotte bank is still battling one that would limit its political spending.
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VIDEO: 'Fragile eurozone prone to political crisis'
2013-01-26 15:39:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The eurozone remains in a "fragile" economic situation and is prone to political crisis, according to the IMF.
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Obama Climate Change Vow Could Make EPA a Political Target
2013-01-24 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: President Obamas second Inaugural Address left no doubt about his desire to put climate change front and center in his second term. Hes likely to pursue his agenda through executive actions rather than legislation, at least initially. That could put the Environmental Protection Agency at the center of a political battle, as Senate Republicans use the process of confirming a new head of the agency as a chance to weigh in on or even block what they see as regulatory overreach by the administration...
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US climate fears mount, but political action wanes
2013-01-20 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Climate change was thrust to the forefront of the US political agenda recently in the wake of the devastation caused by superstorm Sandy and record high temperatures across the country. But despite President Barack Obama renewing his early promises to act, experts said political opposition would make it at least as difficult as during Obama's first, failed push to get new legislation through Congress, and said decisive measures will remain unlikely. "All the public opinion polls show a better understanding...
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