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Dems resist climate change

2014-06-07 08:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Montana Standard: While the Obama administration is churning out rules to limit greenhouse gases that cause climate change, Montana Democrats Friday resisted placing the words climate change in their party platform. We can sit here and talk about what we believe here as Democrats, said Sen. Jim Keane, D-Butte, who argued against mentioning the costs of climate change in the platform. I believe in the (coal) workers who work in eastern Montana, too. There used to be a ton of Democrats in eastern Montana and...

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Union threatens retribution for House Dems opposing Keystone

2014-04-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: A top building trades union is launching a midterm-election assault on House Democrats who oppose construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. A letter distributed Friday by the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) to the districts of 27 House Democrats calls for union members to make sure their representative "feels the power and the fury of LIUNA this November." Their crime: signing a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry last month urging him to reject Keystone, which...

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White House to Senate Dems: No Deadline on Keystone

2014-04-11 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: White House press secretary Jay Carney attempted to sideline any noise that President Obama would establish a hard deadline for his decision on the Keystone XL pipeline Thursday. "Our position on that process hasnt changed, which is that it needs to run its appropriate course without interference from the White House or Congress," Carney said to reporters. "It was because of actions taken by Republicans in Congress that one delay was caused in the process already." "So that review continues...

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Senate Dems Urge Obama to Decide on Keystone XL Pipeline by May 31

2014-04-10 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: An activist holds up a sign outside the State Department during a protest of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 7, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images A group of 11 Senate Democrats, including five seeking re-election this year, urged President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline by May 31. This process has been exhaustive in its time, breadth, and scope, the Democrats wrote in a letter sent to Obama today. It has already taken much...

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Billionaire green activist causes anxiety for Dems

2014-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: Lawmakers and campaign consultants say billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer is causing some anxiety for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. Steyer, founder of the green group NextGen Climate Action, has risen to the forefront of political donors after throwing $8 million behind Terry McAullife to clench the Virginia gubernatorial race. But lawmakers and campaign consultants are worreied about Steyer's criticism of politicians, including Democrats, who don't back his campaign to kill the...

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