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Obama climate change plan is 'advocacy for fracked gas,' says 'Gasland' director
2013-07-05 23:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
msnbc: You may have missed it with all the news coming from the Supreme Court, but President Obama last week announced a plan to address climate change, pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to 17% below their 2005 levels. Part of the presidents plan involves moving away from coal and investing in natural gas, which he described as cleaner and safer. Not all environmental advocates view the plan as a step forward. This plan is advocacy for fracked gas all over the United States and all...
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Obama plan moves in right direction on climate change
2013-07-05 07:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Detroit News: Climate change is potentially the biggest environmental challenge facing this country and the world, and President Barack Obama has now acted forcefully in releasing on June 25 a Climate Action Plan that will help America address the problem. Michigan and the Midwest generally have disproportionately higher greenhouse gas emissions, due in particular to our generally high rate of coal combustion in power plants. Reducing these emissions needs to become a higher priority if we are to avoid significant...
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U.N. climate chief welcomes Obama plan, wants U.S. energy czar
2013-06-28 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama's new pledges on curbing carbon emissions drew a cautious welcome from the U.N. climate change chief on Thursday, but she said no country was doing enough and proposed the White House appoint an energy czar to coordinate reforms. Obama revived his stalled climate change agenda on Tuesday, promising new rules to cut carbon emissions from U.S. power plants and moves to support renewable energy. Christiana Figueres, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, said countries...
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Obama Shares Plan for Action on Climate Change
2013-06-27 19:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: In a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, President Barack Obama outlined a long-awaited executive strategy--comprised mostly of initiatives already underway--to curb greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. As a president, as a father and as an American, Im here to say, We need to act, Obama said. I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet thats beyond fixing. The plan includes measures previously speculated to be a part of the...
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Climate: Obama plan pivots on powerful economic forces behind utility industry decisions
2013-06-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
E&E Publishing: President Obama's plan to use a mixture of mandates and flexible regulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions is being viewed by energy industry experts through an age-old axiom: The devil is in the details. The plan appears to be a shot in the arm for natural gas, as Obama's proposed regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants would provide a boost to cleaner-burning gas generators. The White House's second-term climate agenda faces daunting head winds. Opposition...
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