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McConnell dares Democrats on carbon tax
2014-03-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday morning responded to Democrats' climate change all-nighter by daring them to bring legislation to the Senate floor. Senate Democrats held a 14-hour talkathon on the Senate floor to "wake up" Congress to the threat of climate change, but are not pushing any legislation on a carbon tax for the nation's biggest polluters. Maybe, as some speculate, Senate Democrats were just trying to please the Left Coast billionaire who plans to finance...
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In US Senate, Democrats talk climate all night
2014-03-11 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: U.S. Senators have found plenty of common ground in an overnight debate about climate change that has been characterized by civil exchanges from lawmakers who hear plenty to like in each other`s words. Could this really be happening in Washington? Sure, when only one party shows up. Democrats have been plowing through a dusk-to-dawn talkathon during which more than two dozen speakers have agreed with each other about the need for action on climate change. Naysayers - Republicans - largely stayed...
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Fracking foes make a racket as Brown addresses California Democrats
2014-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Anti-fracking advocates repeatedly interrupted Gov. Jerry Browns speech at the California Democratic Convention in Los Angeles on Saturday, chanting and waving signs as he gave his first major speech since declaring his intention to run for reelection. Chanting No fracking! and waving signs that said Another Democrat Against Fracking, scores of protesters repeatedly drowned out Brown as he tried to deliver a speech arguing that California has prospered while politicians in Washington, D.C.,...
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California Democrats call for marijuana legalization, fracking ban
2014-03-09 14:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: California Democrats on Sunday unanimously approved a platform that calls for the legalization of marijuana and an immediate ban on the oil-and-gas industry practice known as fracking. There was no debate on the proposals, only cheers and then a voice vote at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where a few hundred delegates gathered on the final day of the state Democratic Party's annual convention. On the marijuana issue, state Democrats "support the legalization, regulation and taxation of...
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Democrats plan all-night 'talkathon' climate change
2014-03-09 10:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Just don't call it a filibuster. A majority of Senate Democrats on Monday will launch an overnight "talkathon" until approximately 9:00 a.m. Tuesday to draw attention to climate change. The overnight effort, organized by Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, is part of the recently launched Senate Climate Action Task Force headed by Sens. Barbara Boxer of California and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. In a statement, Boxer said Democrats want to "wake up Congress" to the dangers of climate change....
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