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Addressing Climate Change Gaining Momentum in States Coast to Coast
2013-02-27 13:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Earlier this month in his State of the Union address, President Obama went before Congress and laid down an important marker -- act on climate or I will. The president has the ability to use his executive authority to make significant progress to fight the climate crisis, from cutting carbon pollution from new and existing power plants to rejecting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and other dirty fuels. But he also needs allies at the state-level to work with him to lead the way towards additional...
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Plains states hit with second winter storm in a week
2013-02-26 06:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A potent winter storm bore down on the southern U.S. Plains on Monday, dumping more than a foot of snow and creating blizzard conditions in Oklahoma, Texas and parts of Kansas still digging out from a winter storm last week. Highways in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and parts of Kansas were closed by the heavy and drifting snow that cut visibility and forced flight cancellations at airports across the region. A man was killed Monday when his car slid off Interstate 70 in Sherman County,...
EU member states say biofuels limit needs more thought
2013-02-22 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Limits must be imposed on the use of biofuels made from food crops, leading EU member states France and Britain said on Friday, while questioning the detail of a Commission proposal for a 5 percent cap. Concern that some biofuels create more problems than they solve led to a major policy shift in September when the EU executive announced plans to limit the use of crop-based biodiesel and bioethanol to 5 percent of total transport fuel consumption. Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger on Friday...
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Stocks to Track: United States Steel Corporation, Peregrine...
2013-02-21 19:38:51| Steel - Topix.net
A group of 800 current and former hourly workers at a U.S. Steel plant in Gary, Indiana, say they should be compensated for changing clothes because it is a key part of their job as steel workers.
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United States: Climate change a concern, not a priority to coastal leaders, survey finds
2013-02-20 13:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Many Oregon coast public officials and community leaders believe their local climate is changing and that the change will affect their communities. But overall, they say, addressing the changing climate is not an urgent concern. These are among the findings of a survey by Oregon Sea Grant at Oregon State University. During 2012, Sea Grant surveyed coastal professionals such as city managers and planners, elected officials such as city council members and county commissioners, and other leaders...
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