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What Will Obama Do to Tackle Climate Change?
2013-01-22 21:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: President Obama vowed in his inaugural speech Monday to respond to what he called the "threat of climate change," saying, "failure to do so would betray our children and future generations." Pressed on what the president plans to do totake onclimate change, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to offer specifics: JONATHAN KARL/ABC NEWS: On climate change, can you help me understand specifically what the president wants to pursue in a second term on this? Does he have legislation...
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Is Obama Finally Serious About Climate Change?
2013-01-22 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: President Obama was much more direct about the impact of climate change than usual in his inaugural address yesterday: We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult....
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Michelle Obama again chooses Jason Wu for inaugural gown
2013-01-22 18:01:26| Apparel - Topix.net
Michelle Obama made it a fashion tradition Monday night, wearing a custom-made Jason Wu gown to the inauguration balls.
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Barack Obama promises US action on climate
2013-01-22 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: President Barack Obama yesterday vowed to put the fight against global warming at the heart of his next four-year term in office. Sweeping aside years of American prevarication on whether to act on emissions, Obama promised the US would lead the world in its efforts to curb global warming, and in the development of the technologies to achieve this goal. "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...
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Obama wins praise abroad for climate change goals
2013-01-22 17:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama won praise abroad on Tuesday for his pledge to lead the fight against climate change, which has faltered as nations argue over who should foot the bill to lower carbon emissions. Two decades of summits and resolutions have not stopped mankind pumping growing quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, despite a wealth of evidence that it is causing more frequent and devastating droughts, storms and floods. Obama devoted a surprisingly long section of Monday's...
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