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Obama's Challenge on Climate Change
2013-06-25 23:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: President Barack Obama today announced a broad attack on climate change. His hope is to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, and he aims at every target imaginable -- every target within his authority, that is. Included in his plan are solar and wind projects on U.S. public lands, new energy-efficiency standards and fuel-economy requirements, and greater limits on greenhouse-gas emissions of all kinds. Unfortunately, he had to leave out any strong action Congress could take. That includes a meaningful...
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Meeting the Climate Change Challenge: Cities Plan for Worst and Hope for the Best
2013-01-24 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: At the national and international level climate change action is stalled under the unyielding weight of factionalism and meeting the diverse agenda of a global community. At the personal level the issues of climate change and building a sustainable future for our children seems overwhelming; whatever efforts we can lend to the cause feels too small and inadequate. In many ways meeting the challenge of climate change and sustainable development is often most effective at the municipal level. Cities...
Obama's Climate Challenge
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rolling Stone: Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change. After promising in 2008 that his presidency would be "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal," President Obama went silent on the most crucial issue of our time. He failed to talk openly with Americans about the risks of continuing to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, failed to put political muscle behind legislation to cap carbon pollution, failed...
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80+ Groups Challenge Gov. Cuomo to Lead on Climate Change and Protect His State from Fracking
2013-01-07 19:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A coalition of national environmental and progressive groups--including 350.org, Center for Biological Diversity, Democracy for America, Environment America, Friends of the Earth, Food & Water Watch, Greenpeace and Sierra Club--joined with other national and New York organizations to send Governor Cuomo a letter challenging him to be a national leader in addressing climate change. The letter applauds his stated commitment to addressing climate change and environmental protection, but highlights...