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Poll: Public supports Obama plan curb coal plant emissions
2014-06-03 18:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Intelligencer: A healthy but not top heavy majority of Americans support the Obama administrations plan to cut Americas carbon emissions into the atmosphere by 30 percent in the next decade, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. A coal power plant in Ohio. Power plants are responsible fore more than 40 percent of Americas carbon emissions into the atmosphere. The Obama administration is seeking to cut those emissions by 30 percent. While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would allow states...
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Obama climate-change plan overdue
2014-06-03 15:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The climate is changing; it is changing more quickly than at any time in the climatological record. And we are the only plausible cause of such a rapid change. There is no other suspect. We also know that every life form on this planet evolved to thrive in this current climate. Yes, a lot of species would survive in a climate that averaged 15 degrees warmer than this one, or even 30 degrees warmer, just as many would survive in a climate that averaged 30 degrees cooler. It is also true that either...
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Louisiana lawmakers quick condemn Obama administration plan to reduce carbon emissions
2014-06-03 15:41:24| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times-Picayune: Louisiana congressional members Monday quickly condemned the Obama administrations bold plan to reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants by 30 percent in 16 years. But others in Congress said the plan, by targeting coal-fired power plants, could be a big boom for natural gas and improve air quality throughout the United States. Environmental groups also welcomed the regulations. (Read a story on reaction by environmental organizations.) The regulation represents President Barack Obama's...
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A Cleaner Earth: Obama Unveils Plan Slash Coal Pollution by 2030
2014-06-02 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: President Barack Obama unveiled his proposal Monday to slash carbon dioxide pollution from power plants 30 percent by 2030, one of the strongest actions ever taken by the United States government to fight climate change. The 645-page regulation, proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and expected to be final next year, takes fire at coal, one of the nation's largest sources of carbon emissions. It is Obama's last opportunity to make a significant impact on global warming after failing...
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Greens plan huge push President Obama climate plan
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: President Barack Obama's new climate rule is getting a major push from his green allies, who plan to blitz the airwaves next week with the start of a summer-long campaign to champion the administration's attack on carbon. Obama's fiercest critics, meanwhile, are largely holding their fire for now. That means environmental, public health and religious groups may be waging a mostly one-sided publicity onslaught -- at least in nationwide paid media -- after the White House and the EPA unveil their...
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