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Climate activists put the heat on Obama
2013-01-30 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Nation: "As visionary as Obama is, he is hamstrung by his pragmatism.' So says Michael Marx of the Sierra Club, America's largest grassroots environmental organization. It is therefore "incumbent on our movement,' Marx continues, to press the president to be more visionary than pragmatic during his second term--above all on climate change, the make-or-break challenge for our civilization. One way to push Obama is through a show of force, Marx says, by turning out large numbers of people at two big climate...
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Climate Change Activists Need to Get Real
2013-01-21 17:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: President Obamas climate change legislation may have no chance of passing through Congress, and it could be the fault of environmental activists. recent research paper by Harvard Professor Theda Skocpol places the responsibility for the climate legislations failure to pass on climate change activists. Skocpol argues that environmental groups in Washington ignored the extremely polarized Republican opposition to the legislation. The primary misstep of the environmental lobby, the report argues,...
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Women need more adaptation funding, activists charge
2013-01-21 14:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Despite being disproportionately affected by climate change, women and girls are getting relatively little attention and money in Bangladesh's climate adaptation initiatives, activists and negotiators say. The Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund, financed with Tk 25 billion ($305 million) from the national budget, has financed only one project focused on women out of 109 climate adaptation and mitigation projects, they say. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, coordinator of the Bangladesh climate negotiation...
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Joe Biden to climate activists: 'Keep the faith'
2013-01-21 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Vice President Joe Biden reassured environmentalists Sunday night that the Obama administration would not let climate change fall by the wayside in the president's second term. "I'll tell you what my green dream is: that we finally face up to climate change," Biden said during a surprise appearance at the "Green Ball," an inaugural weekend event for environmental groups. The vice president stressed that the environment would not be a second-tier issue and thanked the environmental community...
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One Year After SOPA Blackout, Activists Celebrate 'Internet Freedom Day'
2013-01-18 23:37:02| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Internet activists have dubbed Jan. 18 "Internet Freedom Day," and are taking their cause to the Web.
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