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Obama Is Driving a Wedge Between the World's Two Most Powerful Climate Change Deniers
2014-11-17 19:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Republic: In the last week, President Barack Obama made two major announcements on climate change that provided much-needed momentum for global negotiations in 2015. By announcing a U.S.-China agreement on limiting greenhouse gas pollution and a domestic pledge of $3 billion to a climate fund for developing countries, Obama is hoping to press other polluting nations to make similar commitments. Or, at the very least, hes trying to make it more politically uncomfortable for allies to continue with business...
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Honeywell Supports President Obama And President Xi's Environmental Commitments And Emissions Reduction Goals
2014-11-17 01:34:49| pollutiononline News Articles
We applaud the environmental commitments that President Obama and President Xi announced today
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Q&A: What exactly is Obama signalling he wants to do with his Net Neutrality support?
2014-11-16 00:57:02| Telecom - Topix.net
Activist Kyle MacDonald of @YesFreeTaxi is offering free rides via twitter request. Kyle explains to the Vancouver Sun why he is giving strangers free car rides in a rooster costume.
Obama to push for more Internet access in schools
2014-11-14 19:57:47| Wireless - Topix.net
President Obama will host school superintendents from across the nation next week, seeking to follow through on a pledge to have nearly all of the nation's students connected to high-speed Internet in four years. Some 125 superintendents attending Wednesday's summit will take their own pledge to have their districts connected, and to help others achieve the goal as well, administration officials said.
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Obama, in latest climate move, pledge $3 billion for global fund
2014-11-14 17:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama will announce a $3 billion U.S. contribution to an international fund to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate change, an administration official said on Friday. The large size of the contribution took climate policy watchers by surprise and doubles what other countries had previously pledged ahead of a Nov. 20 deadline. It would be the second major move on climate change taken by Obama after big Democratic losses in last week's midterm elections. Obama...
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