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Big threat for Obama climate efforts from GOP-run Congress
2015-01-05 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's determined efforts to combat global warming face their biggest trial yet as Republicans take full control of Congress this week. The GOP vows to move fast and forcefully to roll back his environmental rules and force his hand on energy development. The GOP's first order of business: the Keystone XL pipeline. The Republican-led House has repeatedly passed legislation to approve the pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Canada deep into the United States. The bills...
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Obama: Keystone XL contribute disastrous climate change
2014-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama spoke in dismissive terms of the Keystone XL pipeline Monday during an interview on "The Colbert Report Monday, saying its modest benefits need to be weighed against its contribution to climate change, "which could be disastrous." During an interview taped at George Washington University, the president did not explicitly say whether he would grant or deny a permit to the controversial project that would transport heavy crude from Hardisty, Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast. But he...
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Obama China pact raises stakes India in climate talks
2014-12-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: U.S. President Barack Obamas breakthrough deal with China to rein in fossil fuel emissions puts the spotlight squarely on India and other major economies as the worlds governments gather in Peru in search of a plan to fight climate change. Carbon dioxide emissions will jump 34 percent in India by 2020 and double by 2030 under its existing policies, according to the International Energy Agency. A promise by the planets third largest polluter behind the U.S. and China to limit emissions would send...
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Julie Bishop says Barack Obama wrong about climate change threat to Great Barrier Reef
2014-11-21 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Julie Bishop has rejected Barack Obama's assertion that the Great Barrier Reef is under threat from climate change in a further sign of the Australian government's displeasure with the US President's speech that overshadowed the G20 in Brisbane. But world leading scientists have rejected Ms Bishop's claims, pointing out that rising temperatures threaten the reef with mass bleaching, while fragile ecosystems will suffer due to increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the oceans. The Foreign...
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Obama Pledges US$3 Billion New Green Climate Fund
2014-11-17 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The United States will contribute up to US$3 billion to the Green Climate Fund to help developing countries respond to climate change, and Japan will give up to US$1.5 billion, the leaders of both nations announced at the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia on the weekend. "Along with the other nations that have pledged support, this gives us the opportunity to help vulnerable communities with an early warning system, with stronger defences against storm surge, climate resilient infrastructure,...
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