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Climate change group fights on
2013-08-19 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wausau Daily Herald: Members of the Central Wisconsin Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby say their goal is to build political support throughout the state that will lead to meaningful changes to combat climate change. Founded in 2007 by Marshall Saunders, Citizens Climate Lobby is a nonprofit organization that advocates for national policies to address climate change, with chapters across the United States and Canada. Co-leaders Ned Grossnickle and Dan Dieterich said the central Wisconsin chapter got its start in...
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Ron Johnson Accuses Group Fighting Climate Change Of 'Environmental Jihad'
2013-08-14 16:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) coined a new term to describe the push for climate change action: "environmental jihad." In a fundraising email to supporters on Tuesday, Johnson hit back at the League of Conservation Voters (LVC), an environmental advocacy group, for a new ad campaign attacking the senator and other climate change deniers in Congress. "The League of Conservation Voters is one of the many attack dog groups used by President Obama, the Democrats and the extreme left to weaken, defeat...
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State OKs permit change for controversial UP nickel mine; group pledges to sue over project
2013-07-01 06:50:13| Waste Management - Topix.net
State regulators have approved the modification of an environmental quality permit for a controversial nickel and copper mining project scheduled to begin production next year in the Upper Peninsula.
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Obama Campaign Group Targets Climate Change
2013-05-28 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: While President Obama's reelection campaign was almost completely silent on the issue of global warming, Organizing for Action, the advocacy group tooled from his 2012 campaign machine, has launched a campaign designed to build support for the president's climate-change agenda. The multipronged, multiyear effort aims to inject climate change into the heart of national politics--and make it an election issue as well. Conventional wisdom held that the issue is a loser on the trail, but former...
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OFA On Climate Change: Obama-Allied Group Enters The Climate Wars
2013-04-25 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Organizing for Action, the advocacy arm pushing the Obama administration's agenda, will begin its next big policy push on Thursday with a focus on climate change. The group, which was formed using the 2012 Obama campaign's machinery, will begin what organizers view as a potential multi-year effort to lay the groundwork for legislative action on climate change. The first steps will come in the form of an email blast to the group's reported 20 million subscribers Thursday morning featuring a "greatest...
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