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Obama Climate Change Push Faces Ticking Clock
2013-06-24 23:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's national plan to combat climate change will include the first-ever regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, as well as increased production of renewable energy on public lands and federally assisted housing, environmental groups briefed on the plan said Monday. In a major speech Tuesday at Georgetown University, Obama will announce that he's directing his administration to allow enough renewables on public lands to power 6 million homes...
Clock ticking for Obama climate change push
2013-06-24 22:47:13| Energy - Topix.net
President Barack Obama is running out of time to make good on his lofty vow to confront climate change head-on, and Congress is in no mood to help.
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Obama to rally support for immigration reform with business leaders
2013-06-24 21:31:12| Furniture - Topix.net
President Obama will meet with business leaders Monday at the White House to rally support for the Senate immigration bill ahead of this week's expected vote.
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Obama Said to Solicit States on Cutting Carbon Emissions
2013-06-24 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The Obama administration plans to solicit ideas from states on how to cut greenhouse-gas emissions as it seeks to impose standards for carbon dioxide on new and existing electric-power plants, according to people briefed on the plans. President Barack Obama is set to deliver an address on climate change today, which will probably include measures to curb carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants, the largest source of emissions in the U.S. The administration is also considering delaying a rule...
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Obama Climate Change: Why the President's Promises Are Just Rhetoric
2013-06-24 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Policymic: President Barack Obama made headlines upon declaring, "we've got to do something about climate change," during his State of the Union address on February. With a majority of Americans expressing support for planning the impacts of climate change and global warming, as well as the funding of additional studies into increasing clean energy resources and reducing pollution, such as the 2012 study by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication:...
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