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Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny
2013-05-23 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Organizing for Action - a group that formed out of President Obama's re-election campaign - has posted five tweets in the past week about climate change using the @BarackObama Twitter account. OFA's mission is to promote the president's agenda on a wide range of issues, from guns to immigration. But now that it's focused on global warming, there's some tension with the agenda inside the administration. This week, Organizing for Action unveiled a website urging supporters to "Call Out the Climate...
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Climate activists to protest at Obama groups climate events
2013-05-23 00:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Barack Obamas advocacy group, Organizing for Action, has been calling out Republican climate skeptics in Congress, but climate activists are not impressed. They`re planning to crash OFA events and push the group to fight the Keystone XL pipeline. 350.org and CREDO Action, the political arm of the company CREDO Mobile, are leading the charge. OFA is bracing for it. From BuzzFeed: OFA circulated a set of talking points to its members for use in dealing with unruly activists. The document, obtained...
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Keystone Lobby Works on Democrats to Win Obama: Corporate Canada
2013-05-21 18:57:44| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Canadian energy producers lobbying for U.S. approval of the Keystone XL pipeline are targeting undecided Democratic lawmakers in Washington in advance of a decision on the $5.3 billion project.
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Implore President Obama to Enforce the Civil Rights Act
2013-05-21 16:42:52| Railroads - Topix.net
Activists are charging the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority with violating the civil rights of a half-million bus riders, 75 percent of them black or Latino, by cutting 1 million hours of bus service and raising monthly bus passes to $72 while giving away public funds to rail developers and contractors.
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Donors Will Flee Obama if Keystone Approved, Says Billionaire Activist
2013-05-21 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, whos increasingly throwing his weight around in politics, said approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline would create political hurdles for President Obamas second-term agenda and cost him the support of key donors. Steyer, a major Democratic fundraiser, told Grist magazine that Keystone opponents have leverage to exert over Obama even though hes free of having to run for reelection. If you look at the people who support Obama, and then you look...
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