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Obama plan gives US leverage in climate talks with China, official says
2013-07-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A top International Energy Agency (IEA) official said the White House global warming plan that includes carbon standards for power plants would help provide the U.S. leverage in climate negotiations with China. It shows the U.S. is willing to take action, and China, I think, is willing to take action if the U.S. does. I think it is a very positive step, said Richard Jones, the IEAs deputy executive director who was previously a senior State Department diplomat, on Tuesday at an energy and climate...
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Obama Talks 'Climate Change' with UN Secretary General
2013-04-11 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weekly Standard: President Barack Obama talked about "climate change" with the U.N. secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, today at the White House. Via the pool report: On North Korea: We will continue to try to work to resolve some of those issues diplomatically even as I indicated to the Secretary General that the United States will take all necessary steps to protect its people and to meet our obligations under our alliances in the region. Obama said they talked about Middle East peace, where there is at least...
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Obama Budget Talks Sale Of Tennessee Valley Authority, Largest Public Utility
2013-04-11 00:47:26| Energy - Topix.net
The Obama administration's 2014 budget is calling for a strategic review of the Tennessee Valley Authority, opening the possibility that the largest U.S. public utility could be sold.
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At fundraisers Obama talks climate, regaining U.S. House
2013-04-04 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama used fundraisers on Wednesday to assuage supporters' concerns about a transnational oil pipeline and his commitment to tackling climate change, while urging them to drive Republicans out of power in Congress in 2014. The Obama administration is expected to decide later this year whether to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada's oil sands to Texas. Environmentalists oppose the project, saying its carbon emissions would contribute unnecessarily...
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Obama Talks Climate Change. California Is Acting On It
2013-01-29 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Its not the happiest time to be an environmentalist. Climate change hit home last year with brutal force: 2012s historic drought singed much of the Midwest, turning farms to dust and withering the corn crop. Other parts of the U.S. suffered through storms like Sandy and massive wildfires. Average annual temperatures in the continental U.S. beat the previous recorded high by a full 1°F (1.8°C). And the future is uglier still: over the weekend, British economist Nicholas Stern warned that climate...
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