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Why the Obama climate change plan matters
2013-06-25 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Trailing a big set-piece political speech is always a high risk strategy. You allow your opponents to get their attacks in before you have even taken the podium, you set expectations so high that even your supporters may be left disappointed, and you dilute the impact of what you are announcing by inviting the media to second guess your intentions. And yet, regardless of what we think we already know about the national climate change plan President Obama will announce later today at a speech at...
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Obama Climate Change Push Faces Ticking Clock
2013-06-24 23:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's national plan to combat climate change will include the first-ever regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, as well as increased production of renewable energy on public lands and federally assisted housing, environmental groups briefed on the plan said Monday. In a major speech Tuesday at Georgetown University, Obama will announce that he's directing his administration to allow enough renewables on public lands to power 6 million homes...
Clock ticking for Obama climate change push
2013-06-24 22:47:13| Energy - Topix.net
President Barack Obama is running out of time to make good on his lofty vow to confront climate change head-on, and Congress is in no mood to help.
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Kerry implores India to tackle climate change, ticks off Indian enviros
2013-06-24 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in India over the weekend and gave a speech urging the fast-developing country to work closely with the U.S. and other countries on solutions to climate change. Kerry is leading a delegation to Delhi for U.S.-India talks focused on trade and energy; Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is part of the visiting group. The stop in Delhi is one leg of a trip Kerry is making throughout the region. The Americans` arrival in Delhi coincided with deadly floods in northern...
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Climate change altering insurers' risk assessment: Geneva think tank
2013-06-24 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: The study also acknowledged that socio-economic factors, like a growing number of homes for the wealthy built in coastal areas and flood plains, drive up insurance costs Climate change is creating more frequent and more unpredictable extreme weather events, forcing insurers to change their assessment criteria for the risk of natural disasters hitting a specific area, the Geneva Association think tank said on Monday. "Traditional approaches, which are solely based on analysing historical data,...
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