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Barack Obama urged to act on deal for global aviation pollution
2013-07-20 00:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama must act fast to avoid a trade war over Europe's efforts to curb airlines' carbon pollution, a key member of the European parliament has warned. Peter Liese, a Christian Democrat in Germany who has led Europe's efforts to curb airline carbon emissions, urged Obama to live up to his sweeping promises to act on climate change, and help advance stalled negotiations for a global aviation deal. Liese, speaking after meetings with administration officials in Washington this week, said...
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President Obama Must Step Up and Fight Climate Change
2013-07-17 18:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post Canada: Presidents have legacies. Imagine if you knew that every major decision you made would be written into history books, and that your grandchildren and great grandchildren could look back and have a pretty good sense as to whether you made their country and the world a better place. For President Obama, one thing that suggests he could end up being on the right side of history is his recent reaffirmation that he intends to be the first American President to take the climate crisis seriously. Now,...
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Keystone XL Conflict of Interest: Obama Attorneys Law Firm Represents TransCanada
2013-07-16 19:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A recent DeSmogBlog investigation reveals that Robert Bauer, former White House Counsel and President Obama`s personal attorney, works at the corporate law firm Perkins Coie LLP, which does legal work for TransCanada`s South Central Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Project, formerly known as Alaska Gas Pipeline Project. Furthermore, Dan Sullivan, current Commissioner of Alaska`s Department of Natural Resources, and former Alaska Attorney General and former Assistant Secretary of State in the Bush Administration,...
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GOP senator presses Obama to defend climate change plan at hearing
2013-07-15 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) sent a letter to President Obama on Monday urging him to send an administration official to a hearing this week and defend his proposals to address climate change. Vitter said hes skeptical Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will maintain pledges to make the White House testify at a later hearing. To date, Chairman Barbara Boxer has refused to invite any government witnesses to participate in this hearing. Although she...
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Obama plan gives US leverage in climate talks with China, official says
2013-07-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A top International Energy Agency (IEA) official said the White House global warming plan that includes carbon standards for power plants would help provide the U.S. leverage in climate negotiations with China. It shows the U.S. is willing to take action, and China, I think, is willing to take action if the U.S. does. I think it is a very positive step, said Richard Jones, the IEAs deputy executive director who was previously a senior State Department diplomat, on Tuesday at an energy and climate...
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