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From the Mouth of Babes: President Obama, End Mountaintop Removal Now
2013-01-03 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In Appalachia, children are 42 percent more likely to have birth defects if they live near a mountaintop removal coal mine. More people are likely to die from cardiovascular disease, and 50 percent are more likely to die of cancer--if they live near one of these sites of utter destruction. What if those were your loved ones? That is the question posed in a new video released today by Appalachian Voices with a strong message to President Obama: No more excuses. End mountaintop removal now. ...
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What Obama Should Say About Climate Change
2013-01-02 23:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: What should President Obama say about climate change in his State of the Union address? We asked scientist Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, in this extended preview clip from the next Moyers & Company. On the show, Leiserowitz describes his efforts to do what even Hurricane Sandy couldn't -- galvanize people to take action on what's arguably the greatest single threat facing humanity.
Obama urges House to back deal
2013-01-01 17:24:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
President Barack Obama urges the House of Representatives to back a Senate-approved deal to stave off "fiscal cliff" tax and spending measures.
Obama should resolve to reject Keystone oil pipeline
2013-01-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: A dangerously obese man, serious about his New Year's resolution to lose weight, would not begin the year by buying $7 billion worth of fat-producing candy. Nor would any nation serious about reducing greenhouse gases approve construction of a $7 billion pipeline that would facilitate the consumption of 900,000 gallons a day of tar sand oil, spewing greenhouse emissions into the atmosphere. On this New Year's Day 2013, America is that dangerously obese man. And President Barack Obama is poised...
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