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Obama Seeks Wilderness Designation for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2015-01-26 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: President Obamas Administration moved to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, known as one of the most wild and remote areas in the world. The Department of the Interior announced yesterday the release of a conservation plan that recommends additional protections for the Refuge that asks Congress to designate core areasincluding its Coastal Plainas wilderness, the highest level of protection available to public lands. This is the first time in history that a Wilderness recommendation...
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Obama, Modi at India-Us Ceo Forum
2015-01-26 15:16:02| Steel - Topix.net
The India-US CEO Forum began Monday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama present along with top business honchos of both countries. India Inc is led by Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry.
Obama & Modi link zero carbon and zero extreme poverty
2015-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: At a news conference wrapping up President Obama's visit in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was asked whether he felt pressure from his guest to make a big pledge about tackling climate change, as China did a few months ago. "India is an independent country," he replied, "and there is no pressure on us from any country or any person." That might sound prickly, but what Modi said next might as well have come out of the mouth of Obama, a president who covets global warming progress as a jewel...
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Obama push to expand Alaskan refuge
2015-01-26 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: President Barack Obama is to propose setting aside the majority of Alaska's national wildlife refuge as a wilderness area. This would halt the possibility of fossil fuel exploration in the refuge's potentially oil-rich coastal plain. The proposal drew an angry response from top state-elected officials. Some 2.8 million hectares (7 million acres) of the refuge are managed as wilderness. The new plans would see a further 4.8 million hectares (12.3 million acres) hectares set aside. The...
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Obama Administration recommends designating most of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness
2015-01-26 12:55:30| Green Car Congress
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