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Obama renews climate change push
2014-06-14 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: President Barack Obama renewed his campaign to curb carbon emissions Saturday, saying the debate over climate change is over. Obama, who made the battle against climate change a core promise of his 2008 election campaign, has been stymied at the federal level by opposition from lawmakers. Congress "is full of folks who stubbornly and automatically reject the scientific evidence," Obama told a crowd of more than 30,641 people, including thousands of graduates at the University of California,...
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Obama Administration Takes First Step Toward Selling Offshore Gas and Oil Leases
2014-06-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If President Barack Obama`s historic carbon emissions rules made you forget about his "all of the above" energy policy, well, it shouldn`t have. While the president recognized that coal-fired power plants are responsible for about 40 percent of the countrys emissions, he didn`t denounce oil and gas. His federal Interior Department on Friday gave us all a reminder of that when it announced its first step in selling offshore oil and gas leases that would allow companies to explore the nation`s...
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Obama Calling on Grads to Fight Climate Change
2014-06-14 11:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama is encouraging college graduates to keep up the fight against climate change. The president is expected to issue a call to action on global warming in a commencement address Saturday at the University of California, Irvine. Earlier this month, he announced a contentious plan to cut pollution from power plants. Obama also plans to raise money for the Democratic National Committee at a closed-door fundraiser at a private home in Orange County. He's spending the rest of the...
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Ohio rebels against Obama climate change agenda with energy bill
2014-06-14 00:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The coal-heavy state of Ohio rebelled against Barack Obama's climate change agenda on Friday, becoming the first state to roll back measures promoting wind and solar power and energy efficiency. The bill signed into law by Ohio's governor, John Kasich, puts a two-year freeze on measures requiring power companies to obtain some of their electricity from wind and solar power, and reduce demand for electricity. The move will make it harder for Ohio to meet new standards unrolled by the Environmental...
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Obama talks climate change with Australian PM
2014-06-12 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Laura Barron-Lopez
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