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Liberal Dems Press White House to Reject Keystone Pipeline
2013-04-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: A group of House Democrats pressed the White House to reject the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline during a closed-door meeting with President Obamas top climate adviser. I think some messages were delivered. The occasion was used to deliver some concerns, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) told reporters after the Thursday meeting between White House aide Heather Zichal and the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), which Connolly co-chairs. The meeting was a catch-all regarding...
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United Kingdom: Davey urges Lib Dems to honour decarbonisation target deal
2013-03-06 14:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Ed Davey has today warned that it would be wrong of his Lib Dem colleagues to reject an agreement brokered between the two coalition parties and vote for a cross-party amendment that would force the government to introduce a decarbonisation target for the power sector from next year. Responding to questions at an event hosted by The Building Centre in London, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary said he had sympathy for the amendment that has been tabled by Conservative MP Tim Yeo and Labour's...
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United Kingdom: Senior Lib Dems to join cross-party rebellion on decarbonisation targets
2013-03-03 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A new Tory-Liberal Democrat flashpoint has emerged with senior Liberal Democrats revealing their intention to join a cross-party rebellion to demand a quickly established decarbonisation target for the power sector. The rebellion is expected in a key Commons vote this month with the Liberal Democrat president, Tim Farron, indicating he will back the move, vowing he will "maintain the pressure on the government as best he can". Such a move will be interpreted as a sign of the Liberal Democrat's...
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Poll: Climate change a priority, but GOP, Dems split on renewables, emissions
2013-02-21 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: About one-third of people in the United States say action on climate change is "essential" in 2013, according to a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center poll released Thursday. Thirty-four percent of people in the poll called taking action on climate change essential this year." Thirty-nine percent said climate change needs to be addressed in the next few years, while 19 percent said nothing should be done and 8 percent had no opinion. Republicans who were polled rejected two major options for mitigating...
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Senate Dems' Sequester-Replacement Plan Ends Tar Sands Exemption
2013-02-18 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: A Senate Democratic plan to replace a series of automatic spending cuts would require tar sands producers to start paying into a fund for oil spill relief. The Democratic package would end an exemption for the tar sands industry that excludes it from paying an 8-cent-per-barrel fee assessed on domestic and imported petroleum. Lawmakers are working on a package of cuts aimed at replacing $85 billion of government-wide spending reductions, known as sequestration, scheduled for March 1. For more...
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