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Obama admin defends climate rule as 'eminently reasonable'
2016-03-29 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Lawyers for the Obama administration defended its controversial landmark climate rule for power plants in court Monday as a completely reasonable interpretation of the authority Congress gave it. The Justice Department is trying to answer complaints in a federal appeals court that accuse the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of violating the plain letter of the Clean Air Act last year when it made final the carbon dioxide regulation for power plants. In their opening volley last month against...
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Obama to back off Atlantic coast drilling plan
2016-03-27 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Investment Underground: An announcement from the U.S. Interior Department could come as soon as Tuesday, a person familiar with the decision told the New York Times. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced Tuesday the Obama administration will not pursue oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic. "We need to do more than taking the Atlantic off the table; we need to take the Arctic off the table and continue our transition to clean energy and a carbon-neutral economy", says Whit Sheard is the Arctic program...
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Obama Administration to block offshore drilling in Atlantic Ocean
2016-03-26 14:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sun Times: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced the move on Twitter, saying a new five-year plan "protects the Atlantic for future generations". Late a year ago the Obama administration cancelled 2016 and 2017 Arctic oil drilling lease sales. Big Oil had targeted our coasts, but President Obama has reversed his decision to open the Atlantic seaboard for offshore drilling. The reversal comes as Mr Obama looks to solidify his legacy on environmental issues, which includes a global agreement...
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Obama Administration To Bar Oil Drilling In Atlantic Ocean
2016-03-26 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fayette Advocate: "By removing the entire proposed Atlantic leasing area, the administration has failed to present a serious offshore plan that will help meet our energy needs over the coming decades", David Holt, president of the Consumer Energy Alliance, said in a statement on reports the administration was withdrawing the leases. In the Interior Department's five-year plan announced on Tuesday, there are 13 potential offshore lease sales for drilling exploration; all of them are in the Gulf of Mexico or off...
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In wake of Obama, SPI goes to Cuba
2016-03-23 20:22:08| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Following hard on the heels of U.S. President Barack Obamas historic three-day trip to Cuba, the president and CEO of the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) is also visiting the island in an effort to drum up business for… The post In wake of Obama, SPI goes to Cuba appeared first on Canadian Plastics.
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