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Obama: 'If Congress wont act soon to protect future generations, I will'
2013-02-13 10:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: President Obama yesterday sent a stark warning to Congress that he will take executive action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and drive clean energy investment if a bi-partisan energy and climate change bill is not delivered. In a lengthy passage of the State of the Union address, Obama reiterated his commitment to tackling the threat posed by climate change and outlined a number of steps to "speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy", including plans for a new non-partisan Energy...
Obama: Oil And Gas Revenues Should Fund Alternative Energy
2013-02-13 10:00:00| OGI
Presidents long-term vision: Shift our cars and trucks off oil for good.
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Obama must act on climate change
2013-02-13 09:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Philadelphia Inquirer: This weekend I will be camping in the heart of the Pennsylvania Wilds, in the north-central part of the state, to attend an annual wild game feed. The Wilds provide more than two million acres of lush forests, mountain trails, and cold streams in which to be active. Peering out into the Kinzua Gorge from the Kinzua Bridge Skywalk brings a lot into focus in February: It raises questions about how much of what you look down on from 301 feet will remain for future generations. Simply put, how much...
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Obama addresses environmental concerns in soft terms while yielding the big stick of the EPA
2013-02-13 08:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bellona: The address, which was widely expected from an ecological point of view to augment promises on combatting climate change laid out in his inauguration speech with specifics, did little to assuage a nervous environmental public. But Obama may have taken a softened stance tonight in what sweeping measures he could continue to undertake because of his vast powers over the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) based on his Congressional audience. Yet, far from his pugilistic inauguration speech,...
Obama pledges to reignite economy
2013-02-13 07:45:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
President Obama urges Congress to back his plans for government action to revive the sluggish US economy in his annual State of the Union speech.
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