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Obama speech to let Alberta move faster on climate change: ministers

2013-02-14 12:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Canadian Press: Alberta cabinet ministers are praising U.S. President Barack Obama's recent remarks on climate change. They say the president's state of the union address shows the U.S. is catching up to Alberta on the issue and allows the province to move even faster to combat the problem. Still, Environment Minister Diana McQueen says she has asked the group setting up a monitoring agency for the oilsands to speed up their work. She's also asked her staff to come up with a renewed climate change strategy,...

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Obama speech provides no clues on Keystone pipeline

2013-02-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Globe and Mail: U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass sweeping "market-based" climate legislation - code for a cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax - and threatened to regulate aggressively if it did not. In his annual State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Mr. Obama said the United States must step up its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that he blamed for extreme weather that plagued the country last year. "For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate...

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State Of The Union Speech Promises Climate Change Executive Action

2013-02-13 06:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: President Barack Obama Tuesday night pledged that if Congress refuses to take action to stem climate change, his administration would act unilaterally. "I urge this Congress to pursue a bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change, like the one John McCain and Joe Lieberman worked on together a few years ago," Obama said, as McCain offered a tight smile from a back row. "But if Congress wont act soon to protect future generations, I will. I will direct my cabinet to come up with executive...

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White House debuts 'enhanced' streaming for SOTU speech

2013-02-13 02:59:02| CNET News.com

Besides showing the president's State of the Union speech in real time, the government is also displaying various policy charts, stats, and data on its augmented live stream. [Read more]

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