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Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney Join Attack On Obama For 'Abandonment Of Iraq'
2014-06-18 06:25:52| Apparel - Topix.net
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is interviewed by his daughter Liz during the 2011 Washington Ideas Forum at the Newseum in Washington, DC, October 6, 2011.
Obama Announces Marine Sanctuary in Pacific Ocean
2014-06-18 02:40:38| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In an effort to protect diverse habitats of coral reefs, whales, dolphins, sharks, sea turtles and numerous fish species from commercial fishing and other activities, President Obama announced on Tuesday that he intends to use his executive authority to create the worlds largest marine sanctuary in the south-central Pacific Ocean. The move is one of the few ways in which the president can create new environmental protections without action from Congress. He has also used his executive authority...
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Obama to Protect Pacific Ocean from Fishing and Energy Exploration
2014-06-17 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: President Barack Obama will announce Tuesday plans to create what could be the world's largest marine sanctuary, an initiative that will protect large swaths of the Pacific Ocean from overfishing, energy exploration and other human activities, according to White House officials. Slated to go into effect later this year after a comment period, the proposal could double the area of global ocean that is fully protected. Secretary of State John F. Kerry and White House counselor John D. Podesta led...
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Obama to protect vast Pacific Ocean areas: report
2014-06-17 14:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama will announce efforts to protect areas of the Pacific Ocean controlled by the United States from overfishing and environmental damage, the Washington Post said on Tuesday. The measure is likely to please environmental advocates but annoy political opponents, who accuse Obama of conducting an imperial presidency by frequently resorting to unilateral actions without seeking congressional approval. Obama's proposal, due to go into effect later this year, would create a vast...
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Obama calls out climate deniers, asks young people to force climate change issue
2014-06-16 19:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In giving the commencement address at the University of California-Irvine on Saturday, President Obama called on young people to push the climate change issue past its current partisan divide. The speech was particularly notable for Obamas forthright confrontation of climate change deniers. He took oblique shots at the silly pseudo-scientific proclamations of Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.). (Inhofe claimed last year that We`re in a cycle now that all the scientists...
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