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W.Va. at climate change crossroads as EPA power plant rules loom
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gazette-Mail: Last June, on a warm day on the campus of Georgetown University, President Obama took off his suit coat and launched into his most significant speech to date about the dangers human society faces from the buildup of greenhouse gases in the planets atmosphere. Wiping sweat from his forehead, Obama promised serious new action for the sake of our children, and the health and safety of all Americans. On Monday, the federal Environmental Protection Agency will make good on part of that promise. The...
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Obamas new climate change regulations will affect Canada
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Postmedia: U.S. President Barack Obama will release Monday what the White House is billing as a pivotal climate change plan that will lead to massive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel power plants. The plan will target the nations 1,600 fossil fuel plants, which together produce about 41 per cent of the nations carbon dioxide emissions. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) predicted the regulations could lead to a 35 per cent reduction in GHG emissions below 2005 levels by 2020. ...
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Obama says climate change growing threat to health
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama said the curbs on carbon emissions to combat climate change that his administration plans to unveil next week will also help address a growing threat to the nations health. We dont have to choose between the health of our economy and the health of our children, he said in his weekly address, which was recorded yesterday at Childrens National Medical Center in Washington. As president, and as a parent, I refuse to condemn our children to a planet thats beyond fixing....
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How will climate change affect the Sahara?
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: At the end of the last ice age, about 11,000 years ago, northern Africa became a grassland, home to fish, elephants and thousands of people. Then, 5,000 years ago, scientists say, it abruptly turned into an enormous wasteland--the vast desert that we now call the Sahara. The shift from savanna to sand was the result of natural climate change, triggered by a cyclical alteration in the sun's orbit. The decline in rainfall pushed residents south and east and perhaps contributed to the rise of the Egyptian...
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Ahead of power plant push, Obama ties climate change to health hazards
2014-05-31 12:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama kicked off a campaign to promote new restrictions on U.S. power plant emissions on Saturday by tying the fight against climate change with efforts to promote better health for children and the elderly. In his weekly radio address, Obama said the United States had to do more to reduce carbon emissions so that children suffering from asthma and other related ailments did not face further problems as a result of polluted air. His argument was a preview of the case that his...
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