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Obama takes forceful stand on climate and tech
2013-01-22 16:26:13| InfoWorld: Top News
In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama on Monday argued with certainty and forcefulness about the dangers of climate change and the role of technology in fighting it.
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In Kentucky's coal country, a resentment for Obama
2013-01-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: If the voters in Louisa, Ky., had their wish, Mitt Romney would have taken the oath of office Monday. Louisa is in eastern Kentucky, and "coal" was the one-word issue in the election. President Obama is seen as an enemy of coal mining and he got only 27 percent of the vote in the county. And now comes word that Louisa is going to lose its biggest industry - a power generating plant that's been burning coal since 1962. Stand outside the courthouse in Louisa, a small town of 2,000 people, and...
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Obama Talked Climate Change in His Inaugural Address. Now Can He Do Something About It?
2013-01-22 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance on Jan. 20 at the Green Ball, an inaugural event for environmental groups--and his message to the crowd couldn`t have been more welcome: I`ll tell you what my green dream is: that we finally face up to climate change...I don`t intend on ending this four years without getting an awful lot more done. Keep the faith. Environmentalists--who`d grumbled during the campaign about the absence of climate change from President Obama`s rhetoric--didn`t...
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Can Obama make defeating climate change his legacy?
2013-01-22 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As legacy issues go, saving the planet from global warming would put all others in the shade. But can US president Barack Obama do it? The question has two answers, one at home and one abroad. He is certainly reinvigorated in his determination to tackle climate change. In his first term, those wanting action were too often left parsing single sentences to divine the intentions of the president. Obama's inaugural speech on Monday left no room for doubt. The section on climate change was the...
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Environmentalists hail Obama climate change focus
2013-01-22 09:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Environmental groups hailed President Barack Obama's warning Monday about climate change, but said the president's words will soon be tested as he decides whether to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Obama pledged in his inaugural speech to respond to what he called the threat of climate change, saying, "Failure to do so would betray our children and future generations." By singling out climate change, Obama indicated a willingness to take on an issue that...
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