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Turning left: From climate change to women in combat, a liberal tilt for Obama in second term
2013-01-25 20:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: From gun control to gay rights, President Barack Obama's second-term agenda is shaping up as an unabashedly liberal wish list. In less than a week, he's vowed to tackle climate change and protect government entitlements. His administration has lifted a ban on women in combat and expanded opportunities for disabled students. Proposals for stricter gun laws have already been unveiled, and plans for comprehensive immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants,...
Can Obama tackle climate change in his second term?
2013-01-21 19:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: A week after he won the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama addressed a gathering of governors and other officials in Los Angeles, assuring them that global warming would be a top priority for his first term. "Now is the time to confront this challenge once and for all," he said. "Delay is not an option." His goal at the time? An ambitious plan to cut America`s heat-trapping greenhouse-gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050 and invest $150 billion in new clean-energy and efficiency technologies...
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Will The Grass Be Greener In Obama's Second Term?
2013-01-20 23:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: One of the chief expectations of those who voted for President Obama is that he moves assertively to pass climate change legislation, whatever the political climate in Washington. "We have a bipartisan common interest in moving away from fossil fuels towards clean energy," says Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club. "The sooner that members of both parties in Congress realize that and develop solutions, the better off we'll all be." Bipartisan support is an elusive national...
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Will climate change get cold shoulder in Obama's second term?
2013-01-20 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: As President Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office for the second time, he has promised that climate change will be a priority in his second term. The chances that significant climate action will actually happen, however, remain slim, policy experts say. "I always have hope, but it is sometimes hard to see how real progress, substantial progress, is going to be made with the fact that the Congress is so polarized," said Travis Franck, a policy analyst for nongovernmental organization...
Obama On Climate Change Faces High Expectations, And High Hurdles, In Second Term
2013-01-17 16:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: On the night of his re-election, President Barack Obama described grand ambitions for his second term, including a desire to bequeath to future generations a nation not only free of debt and unencumbered by inequality, but also one "that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet." The laws of both physics and politics suggest he'll have his work cut out for him, and his second-term success will surely be measured on far more concrete terms. The president, after all, faces several...
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