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Obama administrations offshore wind plan would power 23 million homes
2016-09-10 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The federal government on Friday unveiled its vision for wind farms off of nearly every U.S. coastline by 2050, in an effort to generate 86 gigawatts of electricity from offshore wind enough zero-carbon power for more than 23 million homes. The National Offshore Wind Strategy, part of the Obama administrations Climate Action Plan, calls for major investments in offshore wind farm construction now that North Americas first offshore wind farm has been completed off of Rhode Island and 11 areas...
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House Republicans plan new effort to block Obama fracking restrictions after court ruling
2016-07-05 11:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Target: President Obama and Democrats always talk about "income inequality" and how hard they are working to close the income gap between rich and poor, all while imposing as many costly rules and regulations on us as possible. If liberal regressives are experts at anything, it is hypocrisy. That is especially true when it comes to energy. Obama has pledged throughout his presidency to take down the coal industry (something Hillary Clinton now wants to do) and make fossil fuels as expensive as possible...
Obama climate plan delayed, Trump slams carbon tax rumour
2016-05-17 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Hopes US president Barack Obamas climate plan could be enforced before he leaves office are fading fast after a court delayed legal arguments for three months. Such is the importance of the case, the District of Columbia appeals court determined it needed to be assessed by a full panel of 11, rather than the allotted three, judges. Legal arguments over the Clean Power Plan will now be heard on 27 September rather than 2 June. US legal experts say whatever the outcome, the Supreme Court is...
Obama Administration's "Clean Power Plan" dealt a setback by the Supreme Court
2016-02-14 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Triple Pundit: The Obama administrations Clean Power Plan suffered a setback on Tuesday when the Supreme Court granted a stay to the program. In a 5-4 decision, the court sided in favor of petitioning states, utilities and coal companies that claimed that the federal government was overreaching its powers when it attempted to establish a national plan to move away from fossil-fuel based power. Requests for the Supreme Court to impose the stay were submitted in January after an appeals court ruled that the plan...
Scott Walker slams Obama administration's Clean Power Plan
2015-08-04 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cap Times: Gov. Scott Walker was prepared with a burn in response to the unveiling of President Barack Obama's climate change plan on Monday. "President Obama's plan should be called the Costly Power Plan because it will cost hard-working Americans jobs and raise their energy rates," Walker said in a statement from his presidential campaign. "It will be like a buzz saw on the nation's economy. I will stand up for American workers and stop the Costly Power Plan." The president's policy -- actually called...