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President Obama Pledges $2 Billion+ for Drought-Stricken California and U.S. Climate Resilience Fund
2014-02-14 20:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Acting on climate change and the growing toll its taking on U.S. agriculture, President Obama today will announce a $1.2 billion aid package for farmers, ranchers and communities in California and several more agricultural states pummeled by a series of devastating droughts and snowstorms in the past year. The President also will make public a climate-related item in his 2015 budget weeks before its March due date, a proposal to spend $1 billion more for a climate resilience fund. The money will...
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In drought-stricken Central Valley, Obama calls for cooperation
2014-02-14 20:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chicago Tribune: President Obama on Friday warned against thinking of water as a "zero-sum game' and urged regional players to push beyond politics in solving supply problems. On a dusty afternoon spent with politicians and farmers, Obama argued against pitting agricultural interests against urban ones, or north against south. "We're going to have to figure out how to play a different game,' Obama told participants in a round table Friday afternoon. "We can't afford years of litigation and no real action.'...
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Obama to ask Congress for $1-billion climate change fund
2014-02-14 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: President Obama will ask Congress for $1 billion to create a "climate resilience fund" to pay for research, preparation and infrastructure aimed at dealing with the extreme weather and new conditions associated with shifts in the weather. Obama will include the fund in his 2015 budget proposal, due out next month, and plans to discuss the idea during a visit to drought-stricken California on Friday, the White House said. Like much of his budget plan, though, the president's request is likely to...
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Obama Administration to offer 40 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas development
2014-02-14 19:30:16| Green Car Congress
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Obama pledges help for drought-stricken California
2014-02-14 19:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama toured parts of California's drought zone on Friday and pledged to speed help to the No. 1 farm state, but he said harsh weather in the United States will get worse until more steps are taken to address climate change. California is coming off its driest year on record and a recent winter storm did little to dull the impact of the drought in the state that produces half the country's fruits and vegetables. A recent drought monitor said 91.6 percent of the state is experiencing...
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