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At fundraiser President Obama cagey about climate change
2013-04-04 23:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: Demonstrators hold signs as they protest near the site of a fundraiser on April 3, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Hundreds of protesters staged a demonstration against war and the Keystone XL pipeline outside of a fundraiser to be attended by U.S. President Barack Obama at the home of Ann and Gordon Getty. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) President Obama remained elusive on climate change at two different California fundraisers on Wednesday night, but placed responsibility for change...
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Obama on climate change: 'The politics of this are tough'
2013-04-04 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: President Obama told Democratic donors late Wednesday that he must sharpen his argument for action on climate change and green energy at a time when many families are still struggling financially. He said, "The politics of this are tough." [T]he thing that Im going to have to try to work to persuade the American people a little more convincingly on is this notion that theres a contradiction between our economy and our environment -- it's just a false choice, Obama said at a San Francisco...
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James Hansen, Famed Climate Scientist, Urges Obama To Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-04-04 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: On Thursday, after retiring from NASA to pursue environmental activism, James E. Hansen published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times warning that the Keystone XL pipeline, if approved, would exacerbate global warming and put the U.S. on the hook for oil spills and environmental degradation. The op-ed marks the first move in Hansen's new career as a carbon campaigner, after nearly half a century spent as NASA's most famous climate scientist at the agencys Goddard Institute for Space Studies. In...
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Obama calls for renewed push to make case for green growth
2013-04-04 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: President Obama yesterday used a fund-raising trip to California to call on his supporters to redouble efforts to make the economic case for environmental policies, arguing that they needed to make it clearer how green initiatives will benefit low and middle income Americans. Speaking at an event hosted by venture capitalist and environmental campaigner Thomas Steyer, Obama reiterated his view that "this notion that there's a contradiction between our economy and our environment is a false choice"....
At fundraisers Obama talks climate, regaining U.S. House
2013-04-04 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama used fundraisers on Wednesday to assuage supporters' concerns about a transnational oil pipeline and his commitment to tackling climate change, while urging them to drive Republicans out of power in Congress in 2014. The Obama administration is expected to decide later this year whether to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada's oil sands to Texas. Environmentalists oppose the project, saying its carbon emissions would contribute unnecessarily...
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