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Obama on climate change: There is no Congress
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Magazine: There is a very fortunate irony about President Obama's second term. He has to deal with a Congress barely capable of keeping the government's lights on, let alone crafting rational laws, and totally unable to handle any number of policy crises. Yet, on the single most urgent issue facing the country (and the world), climate change, Obama doesn't need Congress at all. The contrast between those two facts -- the awesome urgency of climate change, and Congress's inability to tackle even the simplest...
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Obama hints at Keystone approval
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: President Barack Obama basked in applause Tuesday as he announced what sounded like a daunting environmental threshold for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline -- that the project can't go forward if it would "significantly' increase greenhouse gas emissions. What he didn't mention: His own State Department has already indicated that the pipeline can meet that standard. The State Department still hasn't issued its final environmental study on the pipeline, and the EPA has joined green activists...
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Obama climate plan: Bold, but will China go along?
2013-06-26 15:38:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: As President Obama unveils sweeping policies to address global climate change in a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, his focus is on curbing power plant emissions at home and boosting US investment in efficiency and clean energy. But climate change is a global problem, and the atmosphere, as they say, doesn't care where the carbon comes from. And whatever the United States does, the fate of global warming lies in the hands of China, India, and much of the developing world. China's growing...
Obama and Congress must fight climate change like they do terrorism
2013-06-26 15:38:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: For a man with his hands tied, President Obama is offering a decent enough plan to fight climate change. In a speech today, hes expected to announce federal regulation of greenhouse gases at existing coal-fired power plants, increased energy standards for buildings and appliances, and greater development of renewable energy on federal lands. These are moves that he can try without approval from Congress. And while they are halfway measures, they are better than no measures. But imagine if his...
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US: Suspend Bangladesh preferences, Obama told
2013-06-26 13:45:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
President Obama should suspend US trade preferences for Bangladesh until the country makes "marked progress" on worker safety, according to nine Senators.
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