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Obama backs immigration reform for skilled tech workers
2013-01-30 04:51:52| CNET News.com
The president speaks in support of changing immigration laws for foreign-born programmers and engineers, while U.S. senators introduce a new bill aimed at the same cause. [Read more]
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Obama to tread carefully in immigration debate
2013-01-29 15:57:52| Energy - Topix.net
President Barack Obama will wade cautiously into the debate over U.S. immigration reform on Tuesday, seeking to build momentum for a new bipartisan plan to offer a pathway to citizenship for the country's 11 million illegal immigrants.
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Obama Talks Climate Change. California Is Acting On It
2013-01-29 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Its not the happiest time to be an environmentalist. Climate change hit home last year with brutal force: 2012s historic drought singed much of the Midwest, turning farms to dust and withering the corn crop. Other parts of the U.S. suffered through storms like Sandy and massive wildfires. Average annual temperatures in the continental U.S. beat the previous recorded high by a full 1°F (1.8°C). And the future is uglier still: over the weekend, British economist Nicholas Stern warned that climate...
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Obama must follow through on climate change challenge
2013-01-28 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: President Barack Obama embarked on his second term with his inspiring inaugural promise to respond to the threat of climate change lest we betray our children and grandchildren. He can begin to turn ambition into action at this years State of the Union on February 12, the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Of all the bold political moves made by Obama, few are as audacious as his deliberate invitations to be compared to our nations greatest president Obama announced his candidacy for president...
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Look At the Polls People, Rejecting Keystone XL Is a Political Winner for President Obama
2013-01-28 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline have made a bombproof environmental case against project. There is a lot of conjecture about KXL, but facts are facts. Keystone XL is an export pipeline; it will increase global warming emissions; and it will benefit giant oil and gas companies that already have a vice-like grip on our political system. But thus far opponents of KXL--of which I'm one--have yet to make a political argument against KXL that sticks. After all, KXL has become a political hot potato,...
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