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Obama climate plan sounds good, but needs urgency
2013-07-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CTPost: Much of President Obama's comprehensive new Climate Action Plan and energy policy is admirable and high-minded, but the eloquence masks some darker unspoken truths. The climate plan begins, ". . . we have a moral obligation to future generations to leave them a planet that is not polluted and damaged." The speech then echoes this theme. We must act now, "as caretakers of the future," on behalf of "our children and our children's children." The president graphically depicts the price Americans are...
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Republicans propose limiting Obama climate plan in budget
2013-07-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: House Republicans proposed cutting the Environmental Protection Agencys budget by a third and denying funds for a key part of President Barack Obamas plan to combat global warming. The House Appropriations committees panel that oversees the EPA will consider cutting $2.8 billion from the agencys 2014 budget, and prohibit the administration from spending on greenhouse-gas rules for power plants, the centerpiece of Obamas climate plan. The budget for the year starting Oct. 1, which will get a...
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Poll: Majority Backs Obama Plan to Limit Carbon Emissions
2013-07-20 01:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A majority of American voters polled in a nationwide survey say they support President Barack Obama`s new plan to address climate change and protect public health by cutting the amount of carbon emitted in the United States. The poll of 808 registered voters was conducted for the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council in the first week of July by two firms -- Hart Research, which often works with Democrats, and Chesapeake Beach Consulting, a firm that often works with Republicans. A majority...
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GOP senator presses Obama to defend climate change plan at hearing
2013-07-15 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) sent a letter to President Obama on Monday urging him to send an administration official to a hearing this week and defend his proposals to address climate change. Vitter said hes skeptical Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will maintain pledges to make the White House testify at a later hearing. To date, Chairman Barbara Boxer has refused to invite any government witnesses to participate in this hearing. Although she...
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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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