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Finally, bold leadership from Obama on climate change
2013-06-29 01:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Kansas City Star: After ignoring the issue of climate change for far too long, President Barack Obama this week outlined a reasonable series of steps to get this nation headed in a more positive direction. Obama should be applauded for emphasizing several strategies. * Require power plants to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. * Invest U.S. funds in more renewable energy. * Provide federal aid to cities and states so they can prepare for destructive weather events linked to climate change. "We need...
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President Obama & The Complex Psychological Challenges Of Climate Change
2013-06-29 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: When President Obama stood on the steps at Georgetown University giving his climate change speech, he not only confronted thorny problems of policy and politics (as well as the discomfort of giving a major speech outside on an uncomfortably hot day), he also crashed head-first into a thorny thicket of complex psychological challenges that go along with fixing our broken climate. One set of challenges comes from American impatience. We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, want everything...
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Will Obama OK the Keystone pipeline?
2013-06-28 19:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chicago Tribune: President Barack Obama's push this week to put a new emphasis on curbing greenhouse gas emissions had the feel of wishful thinking. He knows that Congress has little interest in the effort, so he plans to focus on what he can do by Environmental Protection Agency rule-making. The exercise of such regulatory power tends to be a slow grind through government bureaucracy, though, and he may not be able to get much of his agenda accomplished before his term ends. One bit of his speech, though, held...
Obama: US Should Lead Assault on Climate Change
2013-06-28 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: This week President Obama announced his plan to tackle climate change, including proposals to regulate gas and coal emissions, and brace the nation for rising seas. David Roberts, who covers energy and climate change for Grist.org, talks about what to expect from the plan and how much the president can accomplish without the help of Congress.
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US/Bangladesh: Obama suspends Bangladesh trade privileges
2013-06-28 12:35:28| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The US Government has decided to suspend trade privileges for Bangladesh over safety issues in the country's garment industry.
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