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Obama Wants To Build On Climate Accomplishments
2013-01-23 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: President Obama vowed in this week's inaugural speech to address climate change. The comments recevied a chilly reception in Congress. There are, however, steps the administration can take on its own.
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Obama signals new focus on climate change
2013-01-23 05:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: After President Obama finished his inaugural speech Monday, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) thanked him for mentioning climate change, a topic environmentalists said Obama had avoided during much of his first term. "I did more than mention climate change," the president told Waxman. In discussing the urgency of climate change before a national audience, the president elevated the issue into the top tier of second-term priorities that include fiscal reform, gun control and immigration...
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In inaugural address, Obama makes a moral case for action on climate change
2013-01-23 03:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama had mentioned climate change in prominent speeches before Monday. In his November victory speech, he spoke of protecting Americas children from the destructive power of a warming planet. At his first inauguration, he promised to harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. But in his remarks Monday after taking the oath of office, Obama chose to make a moral case rather than an economic or national security one for taking action. We...
Obama stalls for time after Nebraska approves Keystone XL oil pipeline
2013-01-22 23:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama has ducked a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a key environmental issue, just one day after delivering a stirring call to action on climate change. In the first test of Obama's renewed commitment to climate, the administration said on Tuesday it was putting off until April a decision on the project, which is designed to pump crude oil from the Alberta tar sands to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. Meanwhile, the White House told reporters that climate change was just "one of...
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In Second Inaugural, Obama Makes Climate A Priority
2013-01-22 23:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: President Barack Obama pulled out a surprise in his inaugural address on Monday. After barely mentioning climate change in his campaign, he put it on his short list of priorities for his second term. "We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations," he said. Today The White House had scant detail on what the President plans to do. But his rhetoric was music to the ears of some environmental leaders, including...
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