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Ads to Urge Obama to Reject Oil Pipeline
2013-09-29 05:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A new television ad scheduled for broadcast on Sunday will call on President Obama to do the right thing to prevent climate change by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. Produced and narrated by Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge fund manager from California, the ad is the latest attempt by his political action committee to put pressure on Mr. Obama and try to counter proponents of the pipeline. Mr. President, youve had real accomplishments when it comes to fighting climate disruption, Mr. Steyer...
BIO, Member Companies Urge Congress to Pass Five-Year Farm Bill, Maintain Crucial Language for ...
2013-09-26 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Along with group of renewable chemical companies and state advocacy organizations, BIO wrote to chairpersons and ranking members of House and Senate Committees on Agriculture to urge passage of 5-year Farm Bill that includes Senate's language on Energy Title. Title IX of Senate-passed Farm Bill (S.954) provides mandatory funding to USDA energy programs and grants renewable chemicals companies access to Biorefinery Assistance Program and Biomass Research and Development Program. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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Airlines urge UN deal on emissions to avoid trade war
2013-09-24 00:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Airlines on Monday urged a UN aviation group to back a mandatory global framework to curb airline emissions, saying failure to reach a deal would revive threats of a trade war. The International Air Transport Association, which represents some 200 airlines, said the United Nations' aviation agency could agree on a new system when its 191 states begin their assembly in Montreal this week. The UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which sets standards for air travel, is under...
Civil rights panel members urge rejection in Hawaiian tribal status fight
2013-09-17 22:46:02| Airlines - Topix.net
Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights are urging President Obama to reject Democratic requests to grant tribal status to Native Hawaiians by executive order, saying the unilateral move would be "unwise and unconstitutional."
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Scientists urge shoreline retreat from Hawaii's eroding beaches
2013-09-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Sea-level rise is a significant factor in the major shoreline change underway in Hawaii, where 52 to 72 percent of beaches on the chain of islands have eroded over the past century, a recent study has found. The more than 7 million tourists who flock to Hawaii's beaches each year are part of an array of contributors to erosion. In addition to the influx of visitors, developments along the coasts continue to provoke shoreline changes. To capture the breadth of erosion's causes and to propose...
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