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Presidents Climate Policy Speech Soars. On the Ground, Obstacles Await
2013-06-25 23:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: In soaring tones, President Obama on Tuesday set out a revamped climate agenda for his second term, seeking to breathe new life into priorities that have been slipping from his control since his early years in the Oval Office. "The question now is whether we will have the courage to act before it's too late," said Obama, who assembled a long menu of initiatives, large and small, that he can carry out without the support of Congress. Mopping his brow in the sweltering heat, he declared: "I am here...
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Obama's climate speech: 'It is time for Congress to share his ambition'
2013-06-25 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science President Obama's speech was very clear on the scale of dangers posed by climate change and the responsibility of the United States and other countries to act. Recent experience shows that the United States can cut emissions and grow. The United States, with its technology and entrepreneurship, can lead this new low-carbon growth story. The president...
In climate speech, Obama sets carbon limits on Keystone project
2013-06-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama said Tuesday he will approve the Keystone XL pipeline only if it does not substantially increase greenhouse gas emissions -- a surprise announcement ambiguous enough to leave both sides in the fight thinking theyd heard good news. Our national interest will be served only if this project doesnt significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution, Obama said in speech laying out his second-term climate agenda, including greenhouse gas emissions for power plants. The...
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Obama climate-change speech to be combed for Keystone clues
2013-06-25 10:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: With an eye on his legacy, President Barack Obama will unveil Tuesday sweeping plans to help save the planet from runaway global warming by curbing greenhouse-gas emissions. But the toughest climate-change decision soon to cross the President's Oval Office desk - the fate of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline designed to ship Alberta oil-sands crude across America - likely won't even rate a mention. Anti-Keystone XL activists said they will demonstrate at Georgetown University where Mr. Obama is...
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Obama Speech on the President's Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution
2013-06-25 09:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Transcript of President Barack Obama's June 25, 2013, speech at Georgetown University outlining his administrations second-term plans for cutting carbon pollution and developing homegrown energy: THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank your president, President DeGioia, who's here today. I want to thank him for hosting us. I want to thank the many members of my Cabinet and my administration. I want to thank Leader Pelosi and the members of Congress who are here. We are very grateful for their support....
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