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Pres Candidate Martin OMalley: We Can and Should Be 100% Powered by Renewable Energy by 2050
2015-06-18 20:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: While the Pope sucks up all the media attention with his climate encyclical today, Democratic presidential candidate Martin OMalley has released a position paper on the environment that deserves more attention, even if hes not frontrunner Hillary Clinton or progressive idol Bernie Sanders. In the paper, the former Maryland governor burnished his credentials as a climate hawk, laying out his plan for addressing climate change. The paper revealed OMalleys unequivocal opposition to the Keystone...
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In Coast Guard Commencement, Pres. Obama to Link Climate Change to National Security
2015-05-20 14:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama warned Wednesday that climate change is a growing and "serious threat" to national security, tying severe weather to the rise of Boko Haram and the civil war in Syria. In his latest bid to turn up political pressure on Republicans over the environment, Obama challenged 218 graduates at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to take the threats of climate as serious as they would a ship in peril on the seas. "You dont sit back; you take steps to protect your ship," Obama said. "Anything...
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Pres. Obama Defends Arctic Drilling Decision
2015-05-15 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama on Thursday defended his administrations decision to allow offshore oil and natural gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, a move that has been the subject of criticism from environmentalists. Obama told reporters that although he wants the country to move completely away from fossil fuels at some point, domestic oil and natural gas production is still necessary in the short term. I believe that we are going to have to transition off of fossil fuels as a planet in order to prevent...
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Pres. Obama Unlikely to Unveil Keystone Move During Canada Election
2015-05-01 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama is unlikely to deliver his verdict on TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline between mid-June and mid-October for fear of being seen as interfering in Canada's upcoming election, said three Ottawa-based sources familiar with the matter. Two of the sources said Obama - whose relations with Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper are generally cool - realized there was a risk that a decision before the election could be seen as a bid to influence the Oct. 19 vote....
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Vanuatu pres says nation must start anew after cyclone
2015-03-16 00:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Vanuatu's president said Monday that the cyclone that hammered the tiny South Pacific archipelago over the weekend was a "monster" that destroyed or damaged 90 percent of the buildings in the capital and has forced the nation to start anew. Looking weary and red-eyed, Baldwin Lonsdale said in an interview with The Associated Press that the latest information he had was that six people were confirmed dead and 30 injured from Cyclone Pam. Lonsdale was interviewed in Sendai, in northeastern Japan,...
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