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Obama speech on U.S. climate measures could come Tuesday
2013-06-21 16:35:00| 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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Obama prepares for new push on climate change
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial times: President Barack Obama is preparing to take a new swing at climate change, with his administration ready to impose new rules on coal-fired power plants, promote energy efficiency standards and expand renewable energy production on public lands. With his top legislative priority comprehensive immigration reform making steady progress in the Senate, Mr Obama appears to be looking for other ways to ensure a lasting legacy from his second term. The effort to slow climate change requires bold action,...
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New Obama climate plan may draw from panel's recommendations
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Clues about what to expect in a White House package of climate measures expected within weeks might be found in a report given to the president in March by a blue-chip team of scientists and business leaders. The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), led by President Barack Obama's chief science adviser John Holdren, listed six major components that should be central to the administration's second-term climate change strategy. The document outlined a mix of measures...
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At progressive gathering, hints of anxiety about Obama
2013-06-21 10:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor and Democratic firebrand, stood behind a podium at the San Jose Convention Center and neatly summed up the current zeitgeist of the left. "Is the president perfect?" Dean asked a buzzing audience of left-leaning bloggers, political activists and organizers on Thursday evening. "No. But it sure is better than having Bain Capital, I mean Mitt Romney, in there." Dean's growling joke crystallized the prevailing liberal sentiment about President Barack Obama...
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Can Obama go post-partisan on climate and offer carbon power plant rules?
2013-06-21 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: President Obama will try "depoliticizing" the issue of climate change, his top aide on the issue said yesterday, raising questions about how that can be achieved as his administration appears poised to pursue embattled regulations on carbon. To some observers, the assertion yesterday by Heather Zichal, Obama's deputy assistant for energy and climate change, suggests the president might be planning to launch an appeal to the American people. He's been asked by various groups to hold a summit-like...
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