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Environmentalists warn Obama against Keystone XL, even if Canada compromises on climate
2013-09-24 06:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Leaders of more than two dozen influential environmental groups are sending President Obama a letter Tuesday with a clear warning: Even if Canada agrees to reduce the oil and gas sector's climate impact, he should not approve a presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. The letter, obtained by The Washington Post, provides the strongest evidence yet that president will face a revolt from his political base should he sign off on the pipeline, which would transport heavy crude from Alberta...
Opponents ramp up fight against Obama climate plan
2013-09-23 23:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Republican lawmakers and industry groups are vowing to fight President Barack Obama's climate change plan and its first-ever emission limits on new power plants. But they're finding their options are limited -- at least in the short term. Although the emission rules are just one component of Obama's plan, critics are looking for an early win to show they have the fortitude to fend off other sweeping actions Obama plans to take, like pollution standards for existing plants. Environmental Protection...
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Energy nominee Ron Binz loses voltage with contradictions, Obama coal rules
2013-09-23 09:31:23| Energy - Topix.net
President Obama's nominee to a top energy post is hanging on by a thread after a poor performance last week at a confirmation hearing where he failed to win over key supporters and even appeared to have misled a Senate committee about his record of support for a coal-fired energy plant.
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Obama moves to cut pollution with carbon emission edict
2013-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Des Moines Register: Environmentalists applauded the Obama administrations move Friday requiring new power plants to cut carbon pollution, but some business groups warned the action could push consumer prices higher and make U.S. manufacturers less competitive. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first standards that cut carbon pollution emissions from future coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. The federal agency also said Friday it will work with utilities, businesses, environmental groups...
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McKibben to Obama: Walk your talk on climate
2013-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Bill McKibben has an ideal place to put the oil from Alberta`s controversial tar sands project, as well as coal from America`s Powder River basin that industry and railroads want to send through Washington and Oregon cities and export to China from our ports. "These are huge piles of carbon we have to leave in the ground," McKibben, founder of the activist climate change resistance group 350.org, said in an interview Saturday in Seattle. The vast Alberta tar sands project: Canada exports 2.7...
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