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Sierra Club Chief Confident that Kerry, Obama Will Scuttle Pipeline
2013-02-06 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune predicted victory Tuesday in activists battle against the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, calling President Obamas vow to focus on climate change in his second inaugural speech a good omen. We are confident that [new Secretary of State John] Kerry will advise the president and the president will decide to reject this pipeline because it is such a clear first test of the presidents commitment to actually fighting climate change and ... moving...
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Obama offers spending-cuts deal
2013-02-05 22:47:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
President Obama urges Congress to pass short-term spending cuts and tax reforms to delay larger cuts next month, a plan rejected by Republicans.
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Obama Failing on Public Lands, Former Interior Secretary Says
2013-02-05 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Bruce Babbitt, the interior secretary in the Clinton administration and a former governor of Arizona, made one of his periodic forays out of the political wilderness on Tuesday to criticize the Obama administration for favoring oil and gas development over conservation on public lands. Mr. Babbitt, 74, whose modest demeanor masked the sharpness of his critique of a fellow Democrat, said in a speech at the National Press Club that Mr. Obama was falling behind many of his predecessors in setting...
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Secret Review Gives Obama License to Cyberkill
2013-02-05 20:00:08| TechNewsWorld
President Obama can order a preemptive strike if there's credible evidence of a pending major cyberattack from abroad, a secret legal review reportedly has found. New policies will dictate how intelligence agencies can monitor remote computer networks elsewhere for signs of potential attacks on the U.S.
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Obama Speech Expected To Flesh Out Climate Proposals
2013-02-05 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: President Obama delivers his State of Union address a week from today. That speech is expected to expand on proposals the president put forth at his inauguration. One surprise in his inaugural address was a call to do more on climate change - that after a campaign that mostly ignored concerns about the environment. NPR's Ari Shapiro looks at what environmental groups are expecting now. ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: President Obama's inaugural address spent a full eight sentences...
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