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4 Reasons Renewable Energy Is Ready for the Presidents Climate Action Plan
2013-07-01 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: The White Houses climate action plan aims to transform the U.S. electricity system in the coming decades. The President directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and implement standards to reduce carbon dioxide pollution from power plants, double renewable energy in the United States by 2020, and open public lands to an additional 10 gigawatts of renewable energy development, enough to power more than 6 million homes. The big question is: Are renewable energy sources up to...
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Presidents Climate Policy Speech Soars. On the Ground, Obstacles Await
2013-06-25 23:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: In soaring tones, President Obama on Tuesday set out a revamped climate agenda for his second term, seeking to breathe new life into priorities that have been slipping from his control since his early years in the Oval Office. "The question now is whether we will have the courage to act before it's too late," said Obama, who assembled a long menu of initiatives, large and small, that he can carry out without the support of Congress. Mopping his brow in the sweltering heat, he declared: "I am here...
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Utility Arborist Association President's Letter
2013-06-25 23:22:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Anne Beardg, President of the Utility Arborist Association From the desk of the president: Lets Be Proactive Some people say vegetation management on utility rights-of-way is like purchasing an insurance policy. Thats an interesting statement worth exploring in greater detail. read more
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Obama Speech on the President's Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution
2013-06-25 09:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Transcript of President Barack Obama's June 25, 2013, speech at Georgetown University outlining his administrations second-term plans for cutting carbon pollution and developing homegrown energy: THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank your president, President DeGioia, who's here today. I want to thank him for hosting us. I want to thank the many members of my Cabinet and my administration. I want to thank Leader Pelosi and the members of Congress who are here. We are very grateful for their support....
Obama Climate Change: Why the President's Promises Are Just Rhetoric
2013-06-24 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Policymic: President Barack Obama made headlines upon declaring, "we've got to do something about climate change," during his State of the Union address on February. With a majority of Americans expressing support for planning the impacts of climate change and global warming, as well as the funding of additional studies into increasing clean energy resources and reducing pollution, such as the 2012 study by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication:...
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