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Obama: Current levels of carbon emissions 'not right, not safe'
2013-06-25 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama says scientists concur that the Earth warming and that human activity contributes to it. Obama says that the debate over climate change has been put to rest
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Could Massachusetts become the first state to impose a carbon tax?
2013-06-25 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If a group of climate activists gets its way, Bay Staters will vote next year on whether to establish a statewide carbon tax. From The Boston Globe: A group of environmentalists plans to ask voters to make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to adopt a so-called carbon tax by imposing new levies on gasoline, heating oil, and other fossil fuels based on the amount of carbon dioxide they produce. The group, which has registered with the state as a political committee, is launching...
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Obama will OK Keystone only if it wont increase carbon emissions
2013-06-25 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Big news from President Obama`s climate speech: He says he won`t approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline if it will "significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution." It`s hard to know exactly what he means by that, but it`s a surprise that he mentioned Keystone at all. Pundits expected he would keep silent on the issue. Here`s what he said: I know theres been ... a lot of controversy surrounding the proposed Keystone pipeline that would carry oil from Canadian tar sands...
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New carbon pollution rules could still be years away
2013-06-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
FuelFix: When President Barack Obama unveils his broad plan for combating climate change on Tuesday, he is expected to tout new rules to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. The change would take aim at one of the biggest single sources of carbon emissions in the United States by going after existing power plants that produce 40 percent of the nation`s greenhouse gas pollution from burning coal and other fossil fuels. But analysts on Monday noted that despite the White...
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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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