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President Obamas big carbon crackdown readies for launch
2014-05-16 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The EPA will launch the most dramatic anti-pollution regulation in a generation early next month, a sweeping crackdown on carbon that offers President Barack Obama his last real shot at a legacy on climate change -- while causing significant political peril for red-state Democrats. The move could produce a dramatic makeover of the power industry, shifting it away from coal-burning plants toward natural gas, solar and wind. While this is the big move environmentalists have been yearning for, it...
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NEMA Commends President Obama's Commitment to Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs)
2014-05-09 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
NEMA's Evan R. Gaddis commended Obama administration for setting ambitious and achievable goal of continuing to use energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) to upgrade energy efficiency of federal facilities. Specifically, President Barack Obama set goal for federal agencies to enter into $2 billion of ESPCs over the next 3 years. This adds specific target to his December 2013 announcement of continued ESPC use through 2016, bringing total commitment up to $4 billion since 2011. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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Remember Lilly Ledbetter? stood at President Obama's side? She is...
2014-01-19 04:59:19| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Lilly Ledbetter was the plaintiff in the discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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5 Reasons Keystone XL Pipeline Flunks President Obamas Climate Test
2014-01-14 13:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In December at Georgetown University, Tom Steyers NextGen Climate Action and the Center for American Progress Action Fund brought together experts from around the U.S. and Canada to answer the question: Can Keystone Pass the President`s Climate Test? Could the Keystone XL pass President Obamas test of not significantly increasing carbon pollution? The unanimous answer from climate scientists, economists, researchers and carbon offset experts: No. Here is what the experts had to say: 1....
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President Barack Obama's Hawaii vacation: Day 10
2013-12-31 13:55:20| Airlines - Topix.net
President Barack Obama is seen through the window of his motorcade vehicle as he is driven through the Kailua, Hawaii, neighborhood where he is spending his annual holiday vacation with his family, Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, en route to Makiki Valley Loop Trail in Honolulu to hike with family and friends.
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