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Obama bans oil drilling 9.8 mil acres Arctic ocean
2015-01-28 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: US president Barack Obama has banned oil and gas drilling in 9.8 million acres of the Arctic ocean, while opening up vast new resources in the Gulf of Mexico. This means that parts of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas off Alaskas coast can no longer be considered for future oil and gas leases, though it does not revoke existing licenses such as those held by Shell. The five-year leasing plan means that nearly 80% of the undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources on the US Outer...
Obama Moves To Cement His Environmental Legacy
2015-01-28 11:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: He took steps to protect land in Alaska from oil and gas drilling, and to allow offshore drilling along the coasts of Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia part of a climate change strategy.
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Obama acts alone on climate
2015-01-28 04:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: The collapse of legislation to reduce US greenhouse-gas emissions was one of the most significant failures of President Barack Obamas first term in office. Halfway through his second, in the face of an entrenched Republican majority on Capitol Hill, Obama is now trying to build an environmental legacy through actions that he can take without congressional approval. Over the past six years, weve done more than ever to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy to the way we use it,...
01.28.15 -- New Contaminants Found In O&G Wastewater; Obama Acts On Methane Emissions
2015-01-27 00:57:29| oilandgasonline Home Page
01/28/15 Oil and Gas Online Newsletter
Critics Blast Obama Plan to Limit Leasing in Arctic Refuge
2015-01-27 00:13:00| ENR.com: Headline News
Plan would designate 12.3 million acres of refuge as wilderness area.
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