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Obama talks climate with TV weathercasters
2014-05-07 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Americans love their TV weather reports - and they trust their TV weather reporters, more than they trust most other journalists. So when the Obama administration published a huge climate assessment on Tuesday, it turned to these trusted figures to help get the word out. Eight local and national weathercasters were invited to the White House to interview the president about the new climate report. "This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now," Obama told Al Roker of the Today show....
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Obama climate rules can't wait 'til after election
2014-05-07 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated press: Within weeks, President Barack Obama's administration is set to unveil unprecedented emissions limits on power plants across the U.S., much to the dismay of many Democratic candidates who are running for election in energy-producing states. Fearful of a political backlash, they wish their fellow Democrat in the White House would hold off until after the voting. But Obama can't wait that long. Unlike the Keystone XL oil pipeline, whose review the administration has delayed, probably until after...
New government report shows US climate already changing as Obama appeals directly to people
2014-05-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bellona: In a major overture of environmental engagement, the Obama White House last evening rolled out trenchant scientific findings that climate change is already impacting every corner of the country from oyster farmers in Washington State to cattle farmers in Oklahoma to maple syrup producers in Vermont, and said that urgent action is needed. The new climate findings, which are heavily touted on the White House website, and which sent President Barack Obama himself on a national media extravaganza,...
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Obama Administration Releases Major Climate Change Report
2014-05-06 14:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: The Obama administration released a wide-ranging climate change report on Tuesday, laying out exactly what impact the changing climate is having on the U.S., and what could happen if it isn`t addressed The third National Climate Assessment (NCA), a kind of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report focused on the U.S., is the product of years of work by over two hundred climate scientists. A review draft was released last year, but the report has now been signed off by the federal National...
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How Extreme Weather Convinced Obama to Fight Climate Change
2014-05-05 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: Climate change is on the president's brain these days--after years of pushing the issue to the bottom of the agenda, it looks like a bitter taste of the apocalyptic finally bumped it up. The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin took a long look at how the Obama administration is approaching global warming, and found that the president is suddenly devoting large swaths of his time to the issue. He's receiving a stream of science briefings, scheduling meetings with governors to push for policy, and...
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