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Obama announces plan for $1bn climate resilience fund
2014-02-18 12:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: As David Cameron faces mounting calls for an increase in the UK government's funding for climate resilience efforts, US President Barack Obama is moving forward with plans to dramatically increase spending to tackle droughts and floods on the other side of the Atlantic. Obama used a trip to drought-hit California late last week, where over 91 per cent of the state was classified as experiencing severe or exceptional drought, to announce that he will include a new $1bn "climate resilience fund"...
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Longleaf Partners Fund Management Discussion for Fourth Quarter 2013
2014-02-17 22:26:32| Air Courier - Topix.net
Chesapeake Energy was the largest contributor in 2013, up 59%. Together with new CEO Doug Lawler, the board that we helped seat in 2012 is instilling financial and operating discipline into the company.
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Drought points to need climate fund: Obama
2014-02-15 11:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MarketWatch: President Barack Obama wants to use Californias current drought as an example of the need for a $1 billion climate resilience fund that would aid research and help communities find ways to handle climate change, reports said Saturday. Associated Press said Obama outlined the initiative as he announced more than $160 million in aid to Californias farms that are struggling to deal with the effects of the worst drought in more than a century. We have to be clear. A changing climate means...
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Obama launches climate change fund
2014-02-15 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama announced a new climate change "resiliency fund" in a Friday night speech in drought-struck California. The fund, which would need to be approved by Congress, is intended to help communities dealing with negative weather like drought, wildfires, and floods that are the result of climate change. Obama picked the trip to California to announce the fund proposal, which is to be included in his budget. California is experiencing a drought that is threatening its agriculture producers...
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President Obama Pledges $2 Billion+ for Drought-Stricken California and U.S. Climate Resilience Fund
2014-02-14 20:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Acting on climate change and the growing toll its taking on U.S. agriculture, President Obama today will announce a $1.2 billion aid package for farmers, ranchers and communities in California and several more agricultural states pummeled by a series of devastating droughts and snowstorms in the past year. The President also will make public a climate-related item in his 2015 budget weeks before its March due date, a proposal to spend $1 billion more for a climate resilience fund. The money will...
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