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New Obama climate plan may draw from panel's recommendations
2013-06-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Clues about what to expect in a White House package of climate measures expected within weeks might be found in a report given to the president in March by a blue-chip team of scientists and business leaders. The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), led by President Barack Obama's chief science adviser John Holdren, listed six major components that should be central to the administration's second-term climate change strategy. The document outlined a mix of measures...
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Can Obama go post-partisan on climate and offer carbon power plant rules?
2013-06-21 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: President Obama will try "depoliticizing" the issue of climate change, his top aide on the issue said yesterday, raising questions about how that can be achieved as his administration appears poised to pursue embattled regulations on carbon. To some observers, the assertion yesterday by Heather Zichal, Obama's deputy assistant for energy and climate change, suggests the president might be planning to launch an appeal to the American people. He's been asked by various groups to hold a summit-like...
Obama plans 'commonsense' climate action
2013-06-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: US President Barack Obama will outline "commonsense" steps to tackle climate change in the weeks ahead, White House energy adviser Heather Zichal said, confirming what the president is telling donors privately. The administration plans include measures that don't require congressional action, such as pushing energy efficiency standards for appliances, clean-energy production on public lands and regulations to curb carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants, she said today in Washington. Obama...
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Obama prepares climate change package
2013-06-19 21:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: President Obama's Berlin speech Wednesday heightened anticipation that he will soon announce a new policy plan on climate change. "For the sake of future generations, our generation must move toward a global compact to confront a changing climate before it is too late," Obama said in his remarks at the Brandenburg Gate. "That is our job, that is our task -- we have to get to work." One possible component of a new climate change plan: Restrictions on carbon emissions at power plants. Obama pledged...
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Obama Preparing Big Effort to Curb Climate Change
2013-06-19 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama is preparing a major policy push on climate change, including, for the first time, limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants, as well as expanded renewable energy development on public lands and an accelerated effort on energy efficiency in buildings and equipment, senior officials said Wednesday. Heather Zichal, the White House coordinator for energy and climate change, said the president would announce the new policy initiatives in the coming weeks....
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