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US President Barack Obama warns of climate change impact on American national parks
2016-06-19 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IANS: US President Barack Obama has warned that the effects of climate change were already being felt in national parks across the country. Speaking from Yosemite National Park in California on Saturday, one of the most popular natural sanctuaries, Obama said that climate change is the "greatest challenge" facing nature reserves, EFE news reported. "Make no mistake, climate change is no longer just a threat, it is a reality," said Obama from the Sentinel Bridge, which faces one of the highest waterfalls...
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Obama at Yosemite attacks 'lip service' to natural beauty amid climate inaction
2016-06-18 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama warned on Saturday that climate change could ravage many of Americas vaunted national parks, criticizing political opponents who pay lip service to areas of natural beauty while opposing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. During a visit to Yosemite national park, Obama said climate change was no longer a threat, its a reality. The first sitting president to visit Yosemite since John F Kennedy in 1962 said the famed glacial valley was already experiencing changes due...
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In Yosemite, Obama presses climate change during pitch for national parks
2016-06-18 21:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama pressed lawmakers to do more to prevent climate change as he made a pitch for the 100th-year anniversary of the national park system Saturday. Speaking in front of the dramatic vision of the 2,400-foot Yosemite Falls, Obama cited his presidential forebears, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, for preserving Yosemite and creating the National Park Service, respectively. "It is a true expression of our democracy," Obama said in his brief remarks in front of a small crowd and...
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Obama extols U.S. national parks in picture-perfect social media moments
2016-06-18 21:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The moon was just rising over Half Dome, the setting sun reflected off its sheer granite face, as President Barack Obama and his family landed by helicopter in a meadow, the knee-high grass waving wildly while campers cheered. It was a picture-perfect moment designed to resonate on social media as the White House works to cement Obama's environmental legacy as the Jan. 20, 2017 end to his time in office draws nearer. Obama brought his family late on Friday to Yosemite, one of the nation's most...
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Obama says U.S. needs preserve national parks for future generations
2016-06-18 21:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fresno Bee: President Barack Obama and his family have a full day of sightseeing, hiking and a speech planned for Saturday in Yosemite National Park. While the president has some business to attend to, first lady Michelle Obama told Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, on Friday evening that the family plans to hike all over the park as much as we can. Bee staff writers John Ellis, Andrea Castillo, Carmen George and Tim Sheehan and photographers Craig Kohlruss and Eric Paul Zamora are reporting from the park. The...
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