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Harper offers Obama climate plan to win Keystone approval
2013-09-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama formally proposing "joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector," if that is what's needed to gain approval of the Keystone XL pipeline through America's heartland, CBC News has learned. Sources told CBC News the prime minister is willing to accept targets proposed by the United States for reducing the climate-changing emissions and is prepared to work in concert with Obama to provide whatever...
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Canadian PM to Obama: Lets make a deal on Keystone!
2013-09-07 02:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The country`s leaders and its oil industry really, really want the Keystone XL pipeline built so they can ship tar-sands oil from Alberta to refineries along the Gulf Coast. But the Obama administration keeps postponing its decision on the pipeline. In his big climate speech in June, President Obama said he would approve Keystone only "if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution." And in an interview with The New York Times in July, Obama said, "there is no...
Canadian PM offers Obama possible climate action to secure Keystone deal
2013-09-06 19:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has written to President Obama to say that he is prepared to work on a joint plan between the two countries to reduce carbon emissions, in an attempt to secure approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday. Harper reportedly wrote to Obama in late August, the Wall Street Journal reports, signaling his willingness to accept carbon-reduction targets proposed by the U.S. and to address concerns raised by the White...
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Harper sent Obama climate change offer to win Keystone
2013-09-06 10:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, trying to win U.S. backing for the Keystone XL pipeline, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama proposing joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector, CBC News said on Friday. The White House has not responded to the letter, which was sent in late August, CBC said, although Harper met Obama briefly during the just-ended G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Obama has the final say over whether to let the pipeline cross...
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Obama Forges Climate Consensus With Nordic Countries
2013-09-06 08:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: President Obama is now in St. Petersburg, Russia at the G20 economic meeting, but he woke up this morning in Stockholm, where he agreed with Nordic leaders to cooperate on international climate negotiations and clean energy. This morning, President Obama met with the King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden before flying to St. Petersburg for the G-20 Summit. His visit was an historic event -- the first bilateral visit by a President of the United States to Sweden. President Obama...
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