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Paris Climate Talks Will Not Be Canceled, Obama Will Attend
2015-11-14 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The day after a deadly attack in Paris killed more than 120 people, a senior French diplomatic source told Reuters that the "French government plans to go ahead with a climate change summit" the country is hosting at the end of the month. Thoughts and Prayers with #Paris. pic.twitter.com/mN8AskjPoE -- Jason Collins (@jasoncollins98) November 14, 2015 The source told Reuters, when asked whether the high-profile meeting could be put off, the venue changed or canceled, "that is in no way under...
Obama still plans to attend Paris climate summit: U.S. official
2015-11-14 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama still plans to attend a global climate summit in Paris at the end of November despite the attacks claimed by Islamic State, a senior U.S. administration official said on Saturday. The Paris summit is focused on curbing climate change, one of the Obama administration's top priorities. A French official told Reuters earlier on Saturday that the summit would continue with beefed-up security despite the deadly attacks on Paris that killed 127 people.
Obama, Hollande back 'ambitious and durable' climate deal
2015-11-13 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Friday voiced support for an "ambitious and durable" climate deal, amid questions about the legal status of any Paris accord. "Both leaders emphasized their personal commitment to reach an ambitious and durable climate change agreement," the White House said in a statement after the two men held a telephone discussion. Obama is expected to attend the talks, which begin in Paris on November 30 and aim to secure a deal...
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Remember Republicans ranting that Obama would ruin U.S. auto industry? Sales now highest since 9/11
2015-11-08 21:06:09| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
On November 18, 2008, Mitt Romney wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." Here's the lead paragraph: If General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye.
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Death of Keystone XL an XL lift for Obama?
2015-11-08 00:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for treating the Keystone XL pipeline as a signal of whether the U.S. would seriously fight global warming. Now that he has killed the project, Obama is holding it up as Exhibit A as he works to lock in his environmental legacy with a powerful international climate accord. Rejecting Keystone, the proposed 1,179-mile crude-oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S., was the latest in a long and growing list of steps Obama has taken...
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