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Senators urge Obama to reconsider climate regs
2014-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Twenty-two senators implored President Obama on Friday to halt plans to impose new emission limits on existing power plants, warning the forthcoming regulations would hit ratepayers in their pocketbooks. In a letter spearheaded by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the lawmakers urged Obama to consider the burden to ratepayers before moving forward with plans to increase regulation. The appeal comes ahead of a June deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a rule placing new restrictions...
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Groups Urge Congress to Keep COOL
2014-01-26 15:33:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Ninety-seven agriculture, rural, labor and faith-based organizations are asking the farm bill conference committee to reject any changes to the current Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements. The groups said in a letter to the conferees that proposed changes being floated would fail to remedy the critique of the WTO dispute panels because it would perpetuate consumer deception. read more
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Senators Urge Support for the Future of Biofuels
2014-01-26 15:26:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC A group of thirty Senators led by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Al Franken (D-MN), John Thune (R-SD), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) have asked EPA to support the future of biofuels and revise its proposed waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). read more
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Republican Senators urge Obama to move on Keystone XL pipeline
2014-01-24 11:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: All 45 Republican U.S. Senators urged President Barack Obama on Friday to end delays and approve the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline that would connect Canada's tar sands with refiners at the Gulf of Mexico. The letter was timed ahead of the president's annual State of the Union speech on Tuesday, although it is unknown if Obama will make a reference to Keystone. "Given the length of time your administration has studied the Keystone XL pipeline and the public's overwhelming support...
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Drought Emergency Declared in California as Residents Urge Halt to Fracking
2014-01-18 04:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The state of California formally declared a drought emergency today due to a lack of winter rainfall and water reserves at only 20 percent of normal levels. This is the third year of dry conditions across California, which poses a threat to the states economy and environment. In addition to concerns about having an adequate water supply for food production, Californians are worried about Gov. Brown`s plan to increase fracking as oil companies are gearing up to frack large reservoirs of unconventional...
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