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Olympians to Obama: climate change is jeopardising winter sports' survival
2013-04-09 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Olympic medallists in snowboarding and skiing have called on Barack Obama on to save winter sports by taking ambitious measures against climate change. In a letter to the White House, 75 champions, including pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones and Olympians Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Jacobellis said a run of record warm years and sporadic snowfalls jeopardised the survival of their sports and a winter tourism industry worth $12bn a year. "As professional athletes, representing a community of 23 million...
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Obama Admin. Overlooked Fracking Risks in California Leases, Judge Rules
2013-04-09 07:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A federal judge has ruled the Obama administration broke the law when it issued oil leases in central California without fully weighing the environmental impact of "fracking," a setback for companies seeking to exploit the region's enormous energy resources. The decision, made public on Monday, effectively bars for the time being any drilling on two tracts of land comprising 2,500 acres leased for oil and gas development in 2011 by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management in Monterey...
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GHG Rules for Existing Coal Plants Will Be Enacted Soon, Says Obama Aide
2013-04-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The White House will enact greenhouse gas emission rules for power plants in the not-too-distant future, Heather Zichal, President Obamas top climate adviser, said Monday. The proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for coal-fired power plants are pretty historic and very much in line with the presidents broader climate objectives, Zichal said at a Washington, D.C.-area conference hosted by Transportation Energy Partners. Zichal made the comments after a recent Washington...
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President Obama Brushes Back His Activist Left
2013-04-08 07:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: When President Obama released his first budget to the nation in February of 2009, he spent his afternoon meeting with the liberals from the Congressional Black Caucus at the White House. On Wednesday, when he releases his fifth budget, he will privately dine instead with a dozen Republican Senators. This change is not just a matter of the White House social calendar. While Obamas first budget was hailed by progressives as a breath of fresh air, his latest is earning scorn from those same quarters...
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Former Obama team member pushes White House to reject pipeline
2013-04-07 17:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Bill Burton spent the greater part of the past two years working to get President Barack Obama re-elected. Now he's in a different job, calling on the president to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project, which Obama's administration last month said would have no significant effect on the environment. In an e-mail sent to Sunday news show staffs, Burton previewed the launch of a new coalition, "All Risk, No Reward," which takes a strong stance against its approval. "The coalition will be...
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