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Obama turns to good news - progress on energy, emissions
2013-11-16 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday boasted of the nation's progress in cutting dependence on foreign energy sources and lowering pollution levels, saying that the United States is now poised to control its own energy future. In his weekly radio address, Obama noted that for the first time in nearly two decades, the United States is producing more oil than it purchases from other countries and is seeing more jobs created in the energy sector. "That's a big deal. That's a tremendous step...
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Obama administration announces lower quotas for ethanol in gasoline
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama on Friday backed away from the notion of corn ethanol representing a cure for climate change, as he proposed to cut the amount of ethanol that is blended into the US gasoline supply. The Environmental Protection Agency said it would for the first time seek to lower quotas for ethanol that have diverted close to 40% of America's corn crop from the global food chain and into the country's gas tanks. The EPA said it would seek to reduce the quotas under the Renewable Fuel Standard, from...
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Obama will allow extension of old health plans
2013-11-14 20:32:08| Chemicals - Topix.net
It will be a rare night of indie rock at World Cafe Live at the Queen tonight as Atlanta-based Manchester Orchestra Agriculture giant DuPont has announced a gain of more than one point in North America corn market share for the firm's Iowa-based seed AstraZeneca, which has its offices for the Americas in Fairfax, has announced plans to invest $190 ... (more)
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The secret, dirty cost of Obama green power push
2013-11-12 00:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America's push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away the soil. The polluted streams that dump fertilizer into the water supply. Even the cemetery that disappeared like an apparition into a cornfield. It wasn't supposed to be this way. With the Iowa political caucuses on the horizon in 2007, presidential candidate Barack Obama made homegrown corn a centerpiece of his plan to slow global warming. And when President George...
Obama goes local w/ climate action
2013-11-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: President Obama recently issued an executive order aimed to help US communities adapt to climate change. The president tapped governors, mayors and tribal leaders for a task force to advise the federal government on how to improve localities' resilience. Host Steve Curwood talks with task force member, Kristin Jacobs, mayor of Broward County in Florida. Transcript CURWOOD: President Obama is taking what steps he can to address carbon pollution without the support of Congress. Back in June,...
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