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Obama Orders Rising Seas Built In to Building Standards
2015-01-31 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Flood risk from sea level rise brought about by climate change will have to be factored into the building standards of any new and rebuilt federally funded construction project, including those built by local governments receiving federal money, according to an executive order President Obama issued Friday. The order requires projects funded by the government to adopt tighter construction standards so that scientific projections for how climate change could affect flooding in a given area can...
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Obama Orders Higher Flood Risk Standard for Federal Projects
2015-01-30 21:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Considering the risk of rising sea levels due to climate change, President Barack Obama today issued the nation`s first Federal Flood Risk Management Standard for taxpayer-funded projects. He described the Standard as "a flexible framework to increase resilience against flooding and help preserve the natural values of floodplains." The new flood standard will apply when federal funds are used to build, retrofit or repair structures and facilities in and around floodplains to ensure that those...
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VIDEO: Obama and Modi: Were talks a success?
2015-01-30 12:58:17| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Is the relationship between the US and India moving in the right direction? Simon Atkinson reports.
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Obama ignores Obama on climate change
2015-01-30 05:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Obama is once again contradicting himself on climate change. His new push for offshore oil and gas drilling is just the latest instance. Last week, in his State of the Union address, Obama reiterated at length the urgent threat climate change presents and the importance of taking decisive action to address it. The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security, he said. We should act like it. But Obama himself isnt acting like it. This week,...
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The Obama oil boom
2015-01-28 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: The greatest oil boom in this nation's history has occurred during the tenure of self-proclaimed environmentalist Barack Obama. Under Obama, the steady drop in U.S. oil production which had occurred virtually unchecked since 1971 has been reversed. Crude oil production has risen every year of his administration. It has jumped 72% since he took office, producing about 3.6 million additional barrels a day during that time. Oil production has grown so much that last summer the nation caught and...
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