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Barack Obama plans to cut US methane emissions by nearly half
2015-01-14 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: The Obama administration has unveiled plans to regulate methane emissions from the country's oil and natural-gas industry by as much as 45 per cent over the next decade. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to propose federal regulations to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 per cent to 45 percent by 2025 from 2012 levels, White House and agency officials said yesterday. The move to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, is likley to Climate change...
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Sony Corp (ADR) (SNE) Hacking Is Not An Act Of War But Cyber Vandalism: Barack Obama
2014-12-22 09:16:49| Electronics - Topix.net
U.S. President, Barack Obama, has quashed suggestions that the Sony Corp hacking episode was an act of war as investigations continue to indicate that North Korea might have some hand in it. Bloomberg 's Yvonne Man reports that North Korea continues to deny any involvement in the attack, going as far as showing its willingness to assist in the investigations.
Julie Bishop says Barack Obama wrong about climate change threat to Great Barrier Reef
2014-11-21 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Julie Bishop has rejected Barack Obama's assertion that the Great Barrier Reef is under threat from climate change in a further sign of the Australian government's displeasure with the US President's speech that overshadowed the G20 in Brisbane. But world leading scientists have rejected Ms Bishop's claims, pointing out that rising temperatures threaten the reef with mass bleaching, while fragile ecosystems will suffer due to increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the oceans. The Foreign...
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US President Barack Obama stakes final two years on climate change
2014-11-17 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: With just two years left in power, President Barack Obama is elevating his efforts to combat global warming above almost all else as he seeks to leave an imprint that will endure after he's gone. It's a strategy rooted not only in Obama's long-stated support for such efforts, but also in political reality. Only two weeks ago, Obama's prospects for realizing his goals on education, wages and immigration diminished when voters put Republicans in full control of Congress through 2016. But overseas...
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President Barack Obama wants more regulation of Internet providers
2014-11-10 18:40:08| Telecom - Topix.net
In this Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, the exterior of Netflix headquarters is seen in Los Gatos, Calif. Internet providers shouldn't be allowed cut deals with online services like Netflix or YouTube to move their content faster, and should be regulated more like phone companies, President Barack Obama said Monday in an announcement that was swiftly rejected by industry.
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