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Climate hawks are not impressed by Obamas methane plan
2015-01-16 08:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: You would expect environmentalists to offer effusive praise as President Obama releases the final major component of his Climate Action Plan: a proposal to clamp down on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. And at first glance, they did. This announcement once again demonstrates the Presidents strong commitment to tackling the climate crisis, said League of Conservation Voters President Gene Karpinski. A number of other environmental groups echoed that sentiment. If you didnt read...
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Obamas Proposed Methane Emissions Cuts Ignore Existing Sources
2015-01-15 06:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The Obama Administration today announced a new goal to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45 percent from 2012 levels by 2025, and a set of actions to put the United States on a path to achieve this goal. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will initiate a rulemaking effort to set standards for emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds from new and modified oil and gas production sources, and natural gas processing and transmission sources, but not for existing...
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Obama's net neutrality proposal appears headed for FCC approval
2015-01-10 16:10:30| Telecom - Topix.net
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is signaling that it intends to adopt President Barack Obama's proposal to keep the Internet open when the independent agency votes on rules next month. FCC officials working on the issue under Chairman Tom Wheeler are asking questions they would only ask if they were taking the direction Obama is seeking, such as how to regulate wireless service, said one person involved in discussions with the agency.
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Obama's Keystone veto threat proof that climate activism works
2015-01-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When the news arrived from the White House on Tuesday that Barack Obama would veto the GOPs Keystone pipeline bill or at least that the president would not sign this bill as is I thought back to a poll that the National Journal conducted of its energy insiders in the fall of 2011, just when then issue was heating up. Nearly 92% of them thought Obamas administration would approve the pipeline, and almost 71% said it would happen by the end of that year. Keystones not dead yet feckless...
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Obamas Dine At Exclusive Hawaiian Restaurant 'Not Accessible To ...
2015-01-03 01:45:09| Airlines - Topix.net
President Barack Obama raises his glass in a toast during the Solidarity Dinner at the Royal Palace in Warsaw June 3, 2014. Before the Obamas return to Washington from their two-week Hawaii vacation, the couple dined at a ritzy Honolulu restaurant described by one local magazine as "not accessible to 99 percent of the population."
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