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Obama blocks Keystone pipeline in rare veto of Republican bill

2015-02-24 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Barack Obama has blocked a Republican bill that would allow a contentious extension of the Keystone oil pipeline, in a rare veto that arrived in low-key fashion but leaves open a long road to the end of his presidency. Though long expected and downplayed by the White House, the symbolic clash over a pipeline from Canadian tar sands to US refineries on the Gulf coast is the first time the president has refused to sign legislation in his second term, and only the third veto of his presidency. Obama...

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Keystone XL Bill Heads Obama Desk Today, Pipeline Opponents Urge Veto

2015-02-24 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Congress plans to send the Keystone XL pipeline bill to President Obamas desk today. The president is poised to reject the GOP-backed legislation with a swift veto, according to The Hill. I would anticipate, as weve been saying for years, that the president will veto that legislation, and he will, so I would not anticipate a lot of drama or fanfare around it, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told The Hill. Republicans say a veto will not be the end. The allure of appeasing environmental...

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The top critic of the White House's net neutrality plan was appointed by Obama

2015-02-20 08:20:04| Telecom - Topix.net

One of President Barack Obama's appointees on the Federal Communications Commission has spent the past few weeks on a high profile campaign to attack White House's "net neutrality" plan. "The American people are being misled about President Obama's plan to regulate the internet," Pai declared at the FCC's headquarters in Washington .

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Labour rights "top priority" for Obama

2015-02-19 14:48:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Protecting the rights of workers around the world remains a "top priority" for the Obama Administration, says a new report published by the US Government.

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