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Obama launches plan to fight climate change in US
2013-06-25 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Climate change just got personal - or at least, that's how President Barack Obama is selling the idea of taking action on climate change to the American people. Launching his long-awaited plan to combat climate change today, Obama explicitly linked current hardships to our planet's warming trend: "Farmers see crops wilted one year, washed away the next, and the higher food prices get passed on to you," he told an audience at Georgetown University in Washington DC. With the Republican majority in...
After long wait, Obama lays out fight against climate change
2013-06-25 22:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Five years after being elected president and six months after winning a second term, President Obama today gave his first speech devoted solely to climate change and announced several executive actions to begin weaning the United States (historically the largest emitter of greenhouse gases) off fossil fuels. At Georgetown University today, Obama stated that his administration would expand renewable energy projects on federal lands, raise energy efficiency standards on appliances, and, most importantly,...
Obama Unveils Climate Change Strategy: End of Line for U.S. Coal Power
2013-06-25 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: President Obama launched his climate change policy effort Tuesday in a speech that invoked Hurricane Sandy's assault on New York, the drought's devastation in the Midwest, and a recent heat wave in Alaska. "Americans are already paying the price of inaction," he said. "Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all humankind." "As a president, as a father and as an American, I'm here to say, 'We need to act,'" said Obama in a speech Tuesday at Georgetown University in Washington,...
Obama Reveals Bold New Climate Change Plan
2013-06-25 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: President Barack Obama unveiled an ambitious new plan today (June 25) to curtail U.S. greenhouse gas emissions as part of a far-reaching climate change strategy that he said, "should send a strong signal to the world that America intends to take bold action to reduce carbon pollution." Obama outlined the policy objectives -- which focus on reducing the amount of carbon pollution in the United States, preparing communities to withstand the effects of a warming planet, and leading global efforts...
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Barack Obama pledges to bypass Congress to tackle climate change
2013-06-25 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama has taken an historic step forward in confronting climate change, asserting his power as US president to cut carbon pollution and protect future generations from catastrophic global warming. In a speech on Tuesday at Georgetown University, delivered outdoors on a sweltering hot day, Obama went further than any previous US president in outlining a comprehensive strategy for dealing with climate change. He also said he would continue to press the issue as a priority of his second term...
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