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Obama pursuing climate accord in lieu of treaty
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Obama administration is working to forge a sweeping international climate change agreement to compel nations to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions, but without ratification from Congress. In preparation for this agreement, to be signed at a United Nations summit meeting in 2015 in Paris, the negotiators are meeting with diplomats from other countries to broker a deal to commit some of the worlds largest economies to enact laws to reduce their carbon pollution. But under the Constitution,...
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Will Republicans Let Obama Pass Key Climate Change Legislation?
2014-08-23 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ria Novasti: With congressional elections coming up in November, this piece of legislation could prove to be extremely important not just for climate change but for American politics in general. Host of Radio VR's Eco Plus, John Harrison, talks to Ethan Zindler who is head of policy analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Mr. Zindler oversees Bloomberg's New Energy Finance in the Americas. How likely is it that this legislation will pass onto the statute books? Ethan Zindler: It looks quite likely,...
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Appeal to recognize Pullman district reaches Obama
2014-08-09 11:57:20| Railroads - Topix.net
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is appealing to President Barack Obama for help in granting National Park status to Chicago's Pullman Historic District.
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Obama Action Group Joins Fight Against Christie's Climate Pact Exit
2014-08-09 06:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate News: Environmental activists who have been campaigning for three years to get New Jersey to rejoin a regional cap-and-trade system have a potent new ally: Organizing for Action, President Obamas grassroots lobbying operation. OFA's role in the New Jersey fight showed up as the state held a hearing on Friday on its controversial exit three years ago from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, a carbon trading pact. The hearing was called after a state judge ruled earlier this year that Gov....
Obama Speaks Out As FCC Releases Net Neutrality Comments
2014-08-08 18:37:22| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
As the FCC released more than 1.4GB worth of net neutrality comments, President Obama clarified his own thoughts.
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