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Could Obama cut deal on Keystone pipeline? Don't rule it out
2014-11-19 07:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama might be open to using the Keystone pipeline as leverage with Republicans if they cooperate on other aspects of his long-stalled domestic agenda, such as investing in infrastructure, closing tax loopholes or reducing carbon emissions. After years of fighting over TransCanada's crude oil pipeline from Canada, a Keystone deal is not entirely out of the question, sources inside the administration and others close to the White House told Reuters on Tuesday. With the Senate's...
API Urges Obama To Work With Congress On U.S. Jobs From The Keystone XL Pipeline
2014-11-19 03:58:08| oilandgasonline Home Page
API President and CEO Jack Gerard commended the strong bipartisan House passage of H.R. 5682 to approve the final leg of the Keystone XL pipeline and urged the president to demonstrate his concern for U.S. job creation by approving the final bill.
Obama Pledges US$3 Billion New Green Climate Fund
2014-11-17 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The United States will contribute up to US$3 billion to the Green Climate Fund to help developing countries respond to climate change, and Japan will give up to US$1.5 billion, the leaders of both nations announced at the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia on the weekend. "Along with the other nations that have pledged support, this gives us the opportunity to help vulnerable communities with an early warning system, with stronger defences against storm surge, climate resilient infrastructure,...
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US President Barack Obama stakes final two years on climate change
2014-11-17 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: With just two years left in power, President Barack Obama is elevating his efforts to combat global warming above almost all else as he seeks to leave an imprint that will endure after he's gone. It's a strategy rooted not only in Obama's long-stated support for such efforts, but also in political reality. Only two weeks ago, Obama's prospects for realizing his goals on education, wages and immigration diminished when voters put Republicans in full control of Congress through 2016. But overseas...
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Keystone Senate vote hangs in balance after Obama remarks
2014-11-17 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. Senate scrambled on Monday to gather one last vote to pass a bill that authorizes the project that would help send Canadian oil to the U.S. Gulf, a task made harder after President Barack Obama made his toughest comments yet on the topic. All eyes were on Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat who is retiring. He had originally told backers he would vote "no." But unions and the oil industry were pressuring him, an aide to a top Republican...
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