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Obama serious about coal having a role in 'all of the above' strategy for US
2013-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama and the U.S. Department of Energy are committed to a role for coal in a national energy strategy, and they've backed it up with research spending, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Monday. In a visit to the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown the only one of the federal government's 17 national labs dedicated to fossil fuels Moniz said the administration has spent $6 billion on clean-coal technology with an emphasis on the capture, storage and reuse of...
Obama Keystone claims disputed
2013-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obamas dismissal of the job benefits from the Keystone XL pipeline drew a furious rebuke on Monday from supporters of the project who accused him of ignoring his own State Department. Republican lawmakers and industry groups said the president is making baseless claims about the proposed pipeline that have already been disproven by members of the administration. A president disparaging private-sector jobs while backstage at a jobs rally is beyond belief. The presidents own State Department...
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Republicans criticize Obama for Keystone jobs claim
2013-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg News: Congressional Republicans criticized comments by President Barack Obama about the number of jobs the Keystone XL pipeline would create, saying the remarks undercut his own efforts to highlight policies to boost the U.S. economy. Representative Lee Terry, a Nebraska Republican, said Obama, in a New York Times interview published July 28, ignored estimates from the U.S. State Department about the direct and indirect jobs the $5.3 billion project proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. would create....
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President Obama Announces $7-billion Power Africa Plan
2013-07-30 14:54:54| ENR.com: Headline News
New White House initiative will bring public and private funds as well as technical support to double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa over five years.
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TransCanada sticks by its numbers after Obama challenges Keystone job estimates
2013-07-29 07:31:18| Energy - Topix.net
TransCanada Corp. insists that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will create about 20,000 jobs, despite suggestions by U.S. president Barack Obama that those estimates might be unrealistic.
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