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Obama issues order to combat climate change
2013-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
McClatchy: President Barack Obama issued a series of steps Friday to help the nation combat global warming, an issue that may reignite partisan battle lines in Washington. Obama signed an executive order directing agencies to help make it easier for states and localities to fight storms, droughts and heatwaves, creating a task force to advise the government and requiring better coordination on the federal level. The task force is comprimised of eight governors, 16 local officials and two tribal representatives....
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Obama takes control of climate change policies with executive order that will bypass Congress
2013-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Obama used his executive powers on Friday to create a 'Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience.' Obama's plan would be put in place through executive order, bypassing Congress, which has stalemated over climate legislation in recent years. A year after Superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast, the President signed the order which is designed to make it easier for states and local governments to respond to weather disasters. Trick or treat? President Barack Obama and...
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Obama Creates Interagency Council and Task Force on Climate
2013-11-01 23:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: To prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change already being felt across the country, President Barack Obama today established an interagency Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, chaired by the White House and composed of more than 25 federal agencies. In his Executive Order establishing the council, the President also created the State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience to advise the administration and the new interagency council...
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Obama Administration Takes Action on Climate Resilience
2013-11-01 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: President Obama issued an Executive Order on Friday establishing a new task force that will work to make U.S. communities more resilient to change-related impacts, such as heavy precipitation events, more frequent coastal flooding, and more severe and longer lasting heat waves. The Executive Order enshrines the climate change buzzword of the post-Hurricane Sandy era -- "resilience' -- into the language of the federal bureaucracy by directing agencies to work with state, local, and tribal leaders...
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New Obama order aims prepare communities for severe weather
2013-11-01 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In another move to address the impact of climate change, President Barack Obama ordered a bipartisan task force on Friday to help U.S. communities brace for longer heat waves, heavier downpours, more severe wildfires and worse droughts. Friday's executive order set up a panel of governors, mayors, county officials and tribal leaders to advise the White House on how the federal government can respond to communities hit by the effects of a changing climate. Federal agencies were also directed...
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