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Senators urge Obama to reconsider climate regs
2014-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Twenty-two senators implored President Obama on Friday to halt plans to impose new emission limits on existing power plants, warning the forthcoming regulations would hit ratepayers in their pocketbooks. In a letter spearheaded by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the lawmakers urged Obama to consider the burden to ratepayers before moving forward with plans to increase regulation. The appeal comes ahead of a June deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a rule placing new restrictions...
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State Dept. gives Obama political cover to OK Keystone XL pipeline looming over his legacy
2014-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama is running out of reasons to say no to Keystone XL, the proposed oil pipeline that's long been looming over his environmental legacy. Five years after the pipeline's backers first asked the Obama administration for approval, the project remains in limbo, stuck in a complex regulatory process that has enabled Obama to put off what will inevitably be a politically explosive decision. But the release Friday of a long-awaited government report removes a major excuse for delay,...
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CEOs take Obama pledge to end bias against long-term unemployed
2014-02-01 12:32:39| Grocery - Topix.net
President Barack Obama is meeting today with chief executives from Bank of America Corp. to EBay Inc. to ask for help in reducing job discrimination against the long-term unemployed.
Keystone report raises pressure on Obama to approve pipeline
2014-01-31 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pressure for President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline increased on Friday after a State Department report played down the impact it would have on climate change, irking environmentalists and delighting the project's proponents. The agency made no recommendation on whether Obama should grant or deny an application by TransCanada Corp to build the $5.4 billion line, which would transport crude from Alberta's oil sands to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. But the State Department...
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Keystone report raises pressure Obama approve pipeline
2014-01-31 15:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Pressure for President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline increased on Friday after a State Department report played down the impact it would have on climate change, irking environmentalists and delighting proponents of the project. The agency made no recommendation in its report on whether Obama should grant or deny an application by TransCanada Corp to build the $5.4 billion line, which would transport crude from Alberta's oil sands to U.S. refineries. But the State Department said...
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