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Obama says climate change growing threat to health
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama said the curbs on carbon emissions to combat climate change that his administration plans to unveil next week will also help address a growing threat to the nations health. We dont have to choose between the health of our economy and the health of our children, he said in his weekly address, which was recorded yesterday at Childrens National Medical Center in Washington. As president, and as a parent, I refuse to condemn our children to a planet thats beyond fixing....
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Ahead of power plant push, Obama ties climate change to health hazards
2014-05-31 12:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama kicked off a campaign to promote new restrictions on U.S. power plant emissions on Saturday by tying the fight against climate change with efforts to promote better health for children and the elderly. In his weekly radio address, Obama said the United States had to do more to reduce carbon emissions so that children suffering from asthma and other related ailments did not face further problems as a result of polluted air. His argument was a preview of the case that his...
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Obama pushes health benefits climate plan to cut power plant emissions
2014-05-31 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama talked up the health benefits of his climate plan on Saturday, saying cuts to carbon pollution would reduce asthma attacks by 100,000 and heart attacks by 2,100 just in the first year. The president, speaking in his weekly address, said cutting carbon pollution from the country's power plants would avoid a growing health threat to the most vulnerable Americans, children and the elderly. We dont have to choose between the health of our economy and the health of our children,...
Aiming head off opposition, Obama casts new power plant rules as critical public health
2014-05-31 07:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Newstalk 1010: As governors, businesses and environmentalists brace for new limits on power plant pollution, President Barack Obama is casting his unprecedented effort to curb greenhouse gases as essential to protect the health and wellbeing of children. "I refuse to condemn our children to a planet that's beyond fixing," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address released Saturday. His administration is bringing forward the first carbon pollution limits on existing U.S. power plants on Monday, the...
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Obama: New pollution rules will reduce asthma, heart attack
2014-05-31 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Press: US President Barack Obama said Saturday, May 31, that his administration's proposals to cut carbon emissions will prevent thousands of asthma and heart attacks each year. Obama's prediction came during his regular weekly broadcast address as he discussed proposed guidelines designed to "cut down on the carbon pollution, smog, and soot." The administration will release the guidelines in the coming week. Some 40% of the country's carbon pollution comes from power plants and while there are...
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