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Obama ups ante as budget axe hovers
2013-02-27 00:12:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
President Obama visits a shipyard to fire a shot across lawmakers' bows, warning deep spending cuts due on Friday would hurt the defence industry.
Obama urges budget cuts 'compromise'
2013-02-25 20:03:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
President Barack Obama urged US governors to lobby their Congressional delegation to pass legislation averting deep budget cuts set to hit on Friday.
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Obama has the power to act on global warming
2013-02-25 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The test of President Obamas seriousness about addressing climate change is not his pending decision on the much-debated Keystone XL pipeline. Its whether he effectively consigns coal-fired power plants one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions to the ashcan of history. Since his reelection, Obama has signaled a new focus on climate change. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more...
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Choices loom for Obama on climate change
2013-02-23 15:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama, who rarely uttered the words climate change or global warming during the second half of his first term and during his re-election campaign, has re-inserted it boldly back into his lexicon. In his fifth State of the Union address before Congress, Obama sounded like he did in his first, urging lawmakers to limit gases blamed for global warming for the sake of our children and our future. Those words followed his inaugural address, in which he said: We will respond...
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Post-election Obama backers hitting donors
2013-02-23 11:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: A leading government watchdog says the transition of U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election team into an advocacy group to promote his agenda "just smells." Obama for America, which has become Organizing for Action, is trying to raise $50 million from a small group of elite donors, The New York Times reported Saturday. Those involved in the effort say at least half of OFA's budget will come from donors who give at least $500,000. Donors' names will be voluntarily disclosed every few months,...
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