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3 Ways Obama Plans to Combat Climate Change, And Save His Legacy
2013-06-22 20:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PolicyMike: President Obama set foot into what many expect to be one of the major goals for his second term on Wednesday, announcing a new focus on climate change during a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. "Our dangerous carbon emissions have to come down,' the president said, "but we know we have to do more, and we will do more.' He is expected to be within weeks of unveiling a series of Executive Orders to bypass Congress in what many consider to be a potential legacy project of his -- significantly...
Obama to call for pollution curbs on existing power plants
2013-06-22 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: President Obama plans to call for curtailing emissions of carbon dioxide from existing power plants, the country's single largest source of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, in a speech to outline sweeping new initiatives to address climate change, sources with knowledge of the proposal said Saturday. The White House announced that Obama would make a speech on climate change on Tuesday afternoon at Georgetown University in Washington. Under the president's plan, the Environmental Protection Agency...
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Obama to Unveil Climate Plan on Tuesday
2013-06-22 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama said Saturday that he would make a major speech on Tuesday to unveil his second-term plan to curb the causes and effects of climate change, a plan expected to include limits on carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. This Tuesday, Ill lay out my vision for where I believe we need to go a national plan to reduce carbon pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of climate change, and lead global efforts to fight it, Mr. Obama said in a video released by the...
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Obama to take sweeping action on climate
2013-06-22 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama will announce his intention to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, increase appliance efficiency standards and promote renewable energy development on public lands in a speech Tuesday outlining his plan to use executive powers to address climate change. While the president has talked about the need to address global warming, using sweeping rhetoric in his second inaugural address to suggest it ranks as one of his highest priorities, he has been largely silent...
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Obama gives details on plan to cut carbon pollution, expected to target coal plants
2013-06-22 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox News: President Obama said Saturday that scientists must design new fuels and energy sources to curb carbon pollution, part of a larger plan that he will announce next week that is expected to include efforts to regulate emissions from coal-fired power plants. The president says in an online video that his plan includes preparing the United States for the effects of such pollution, which has been connected to climate change, and leading other nations in such efforts. The new details and the Environmental...
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