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Barack Obama unveils strict new US climate change measures to Congress
2013-06-26 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Facing down a recalcitrant US Congress as well as a sceptical American public, President Barack Obama has unveiled a swathe of measures designed finally to put his administrations back into tackling global warming, notably imposing strict new curbs on carbon dioxide emissions from electricity-generating plants. The measures, which can be implemented without recourse to any votes by Congress, had been widely expected and were harshly criticised by the presidents Republican critics even before he...
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Obama to Bypass Congress on Climate Change
2013-06-26 12:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Discovery News: President Barack Obama today announced a series of actions to address fossil fuel emissions that cause climate change, and to prepare the United States for the consequences of that climate change. Speaking at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Obama announced that the administration would, among other actions, direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish limits for carbon pollution at new and existing power plants, end subsidies for companies building coal plants abroad unless...
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Obama: no Keystone XL if significant exacerbation of GHG; Canada: no problem
2013-06-26 10:30:17| Green Car Congress
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Obama offers plan to fight climate dangers
2013-06-26 08:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: President Obama on Tuesday unveiled a comprehensive blueprint to combat rising seas and more frequent severe weather caused by climate change, including a long-awaited promise to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant at existing power plants. The 21-page plan would expand production of solar and wind energy and includes billions of dollars in loan guarantees to develop cleaner fossil-fuel and other energy technologies. It also funds new efforts to armor communities against flooding, wildfires,...
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Obama Links Keystone Approval to Carbon Emissions
2013-06-26 02:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project from Canada to Texas should only be approved if it doesn't worsen carbon pollution. The $7 billion pipeline has become a contentious issue, with Republicans touting the jobs it would create and demanding its approval and environmentalists urging the Obama administration to reject it, because it would carry carbon-intensive oil from Canadian tar sands to the Texas Gulf Coast. "Allowing the Keystone pipeline to...
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