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Obama aide promises support for Florida, other states threatened by sea-level rise
2013-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: At a conference that touched on everything from the possible submergence of the Florida Keys to contaminated drinking water wells, President Obama's principal environmental adviser told south Florida officials yesterday that the "next step" in the administration's efforts on climate change involves supporting state and local governments. White House Council On Environmental Quality chief Nancy Sutley did not say whether additional money or incentives to help south Florida and other coastal regions...
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Obama speech on U.S. climate measures could come Tuesday: sources
2013-06-22 07:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama is likely to roll out a number of measures on climate policy, potentially including a strategy to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, in a speech on Tuesday, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters. The potential move on power utilities, which account for roughly 40 percent of the nation`s carbon dioxide emissions, will come as Obama sets the fight to curb climate change as a priority for his second term. Regulations are still pending on yet-to-be-built...
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Progressives not as angry at Obama as you'd think
2013-06-22 02:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: President Barack Obama has given progressives plenty to be angry at him for lately: The liberal wish list he laid out at his second inaugural remains just that. Then came revelations of sweeping domestic surveillance programs that triggered flashbacks to the ultimate villains of the left, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Yet despite all of that, Democratic activists on hand here for the largest annual gathering of progressives cut the president a surprising amount of slack. Yes, theyre unhappy about...
Obama administration cuts back oil shale development
2013-06-21 21:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox News: Controversy is heating up over an administration plan to drastically reduce the amount of federal lands available for oil shale development in the American West. The Bush administration had set aside 1.3 million acres for oil shale and tar sands development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The new Bureau of Land Management plan cuts that amount by two-thirds, down to 700,000 acres, a decision that has prompted industry outrage. "What they basically did was make it so that nobody is going to want...
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Obama Makes Big Push for Broadband in Schools
2013-06-21 19:34:14| PC Magazine Wireless Networking Product Guide
President Obama today announced a new program, dubbed ConnectED, that is intended to provide 99 percent of U.S. students with access to broadband Internet service within five years.
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