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President Barack Obama, climate change: A new climate control plan will be released Tuesday
2013-06-23 06:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama is preparing to unveil his long-awaited national plan to combat climate change in a major speech, he announced on Saturday. "There's no single step that can reverse the effects of climate change," Obama said in an online video released by the White House. "But when it comes to the world we leave our children, we owe it to them to do what we can." People consulting with White House officials on Obama's plan, to be unveiled Tuesday at Georgetown University, say they expect...
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Obama climate plan faces early resistance ahead of rollout
2013-06-23 05:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox News: President Obama's soon-to-be-unveiled national plan to reduce carbon pollution is running into early opposition from lawmakers concerned over the plan'spotential economic costs. The plan, which the president will announce next week, is expected to include efforts to regulate emissions from coal-fired power plants. It was unclear whether the plan would include calls for controls on existing power plants. The president said in an online video released Saturday that his plan includes preparing...
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Obama to announce plan to tackle climate change
2013-06-23 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama will unveil a national climate change plan on Tuesday, offering the first real glimpse of how he intends to make good on one of the most stirring promises of his inaugural address. In a video posted on the White House web site on Saturday, the US president reiterated his view that climate change was the challenge of a generation. The goals he will outline in his speech at Georgetown University will be equally ambitious, encompassing "a national plan to reduce carbon pollution,...
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Obama promises renewed effort to combat climate change
2013-06-23 02:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS News: With debates over immigration reform, gun control, and deficit reduction still simmering, President Obama will add another initiative to his growing second-term agenda on Tuesday, when he unveils a "national plan" to combat the effects of climate change, according to a video posted Saturday on the White House website. "In my inaugural address, I pledged that America would respond to the growing threat of climate change for the sake of our children and future generations," Mr. Obama said in the...
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Obama Previews an Upcoming Global Warming Speech
2013-06-22 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Three years after President Obamas science adviser, John P. Holdren, said that the president was planning a major speech on addressing human-driven global warming, its coming on Tuesday at Georgetown University. The speech comes a few days after White House officials said the administration was moving forward on the long process of regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. Heres what amounts to a video trailer for the speech, which the White House distributed via Twitter...
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