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On Climate Change, Landrieu Stands With Coal, Against Obama
2014-06-08 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Roll Call: Sen. Mary Landrieu will head to a coal-fired power plant tomorrow to emphasize her opposition to President Barack Obamas new plan to take a big whack at coal as part of his plan to cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change. The vulnerable Louisiana Democrat will head to the Big Cajun II coal-fired power plant in New Roads, La., according to a press release. Shell meet with plant workers, take a tour of the facility and hold a roundtable discussion with power industry leaders from across...
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6 Ways that Climate Change Threatens Americans' Health
2014-06-07 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Climate change is already affecting Americans' health, aggravating asthma and allergies and killing more people through extreme heat and floods, according to a White House report released Friday. "We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that's not irrevocably polluted or damaged," the report said, adding that in addition to kids, the elderly, those with chronic illnesses, and the poor are also particularly vulnerable to climate change's adverse health affects. In the past...
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Climate change could put more in hospitals, says White House
2014-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Climate change is driving up the number of children who are living with asthma, according to a new White House report out Friday. The report, which deals with the health impacts of global warming across the U.S., states that asthma rates have more than doubled, and says climate change is to blame. It "is putting those Americans at greater risk of landing in the hospital," the eight-page White House report states. The White House said the answer to curbing drought, heat waves, and more severe...
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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White House issues report on Climate change threats
2014-06-07 06:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
French Tribune: A report by the White House states that fraction of the American population is already suffering due to the changes in the climate conditions. Further, major chunk of the remaining population is likely to add on to this number. According to a new health report, a warmer world will increase ground level ozone and this would further lead to an increase in the already existing health issues. In this report, six major health conditions have been reported. These include: " Asthma attacks - Major...
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