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Obama Seeks International Climate Accord Without Congressional Approval
2014-08-27 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The Obama administration is aiming to forge a legally binding, international agreement that would cut fossil fuel emissions and direct funds to poor nations dealing with climate change, without ratification from Congress, The New York Times reports. The agreement would combine legally binding updates to an existing 1992 climate change treaty -- allowing Obama to sidestep the constitutional requirement that treaties be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate -- with voluntary pledges for specific emissions...
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Obama pursuing climate accord in lieu of treaty
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Obama administration is working to forge a sweeping international climate change agreement to compel nations to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions, but without ratification from Congress. In preparation for this agreement, to be signed at a United Nations summit meeting in 2015 in Paris, the negotiators are meeting with diplomats from other countries to broker a deal to commit some of the worlds largest economies to enact laws to reduce their carbon pollution. But under the Constitution,...
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Will Republicans Let Obama Pass Key Climate Change Legislation?
2014-08-23 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ria Novasti: With congressional elections coming up in November, this piece of legislation could prove to be extremely important not just for climate change but for American politics in general. Host of Radio VR's Eco Plus, John Harrison, talks to Ethan Zindler who is head of policy analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Mr. Zindler oversees Bloomberg's New Energy Finance in the Americas. How likely is it that this legislation will pass onto the statute books? Ethan Zindler: It looks quite likely,...
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Obama Action Group Joins Fight Against Christie's Climate Pact Exit
2014-08-09 06:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate News: Environmental activists who have been campaigning for three years to get New Jersey to rejoin a regional cap-and-trade system have a potent new ally: Organizing for Action, President Obamas grassroots lobbying operation. OFA's role in the New Jersey fight showed up as the state held a hearing on Friday on its controversial exit three years ago from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, a carbon trading pact. The hearing was called after a state judge ruled earlier this year that Gov....
Obama: Climate change a direct threat to US cities
2014-07-16 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Harsher storms, worsening flooding and rising seas threaten the public's safety and health across the country, President Barack Obama warned Wednesday as he urged local communities to prepare for the effects of climate change. Joined by top federal officials and local, state and tribal leaders at the White House, Obama said communities experiencing negative effects firsthand know that climate change is already upon us. He said boosting the nation's resilience and fighting climate change shouldn't...
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