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Obama takes on Big Oil: Will presidents final, radical climate push be enough?
2014-07-13 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Standing before University of California at Irvine`s graduating class this June, Barack Obama did something no U.S. president has done before: He stood up for climate science. Not only did the president make a strong case for taking immediate action to mitigate global warming, he delivered a withering critique of climate deniers, whom he likened to those who would suggest the moon was "made of cheese. Even more outrageous, writes journalist Mark Hertsgaard, is a comment Obama made on Showtime`s...
Obama Admin Announces Massive Climate Change Funding
2014-07-03 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: President Obama's new climate change push was reaffirmed on Thursday when the Department of Energy announced that it will make $4 billion in loans available to clean energy projects. In a statement, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said: As the President emphasized in his Climate Action Plan, it is critical that we take an all-of-the above approach to energy in order to cut carbon pollution, help address the effects of climate change and protect our childrens future. Investments in clean, low-carbon...
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Obama claims progress on curbing climate change
2014-06-26 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Appealing for patience and perseverance from environmental activists, President Barack Obama claimed progress Wednesday in his second-term drive to combat climate change but said more must be done to address a generational problem. One year after unveiling an aggressive plan, Obama said new emissions limits on power plants, renewable energy projects and new incentives for green technology have cleared the way for further action in the U.S. and abroad, despite steadfast opposition from much of...
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G20 summit: Obama expected discuss 'critical issue' of climate change
2014-06-25 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama is expecting to discuss climate change at the G20 summit in Brisbane, with the US ambassador to Australia reinforcing the presidents message that it is a critical issue. In a wide-ranging address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, in which he also spoke about marrying his partner of 17 years thanks to same-sex marriage laws, ambassador John Berry said the US was raising climate change through its sherpas for the November summit. I think we can't lose sight that this is...
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Obama Slams Climate Change Deniers During Commencement Speech
2014-06-20 22:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CleanTechnica: President Barack Obama recently attended a commencement ceremony for the University of California, Irvine at the Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California. With the students, he mentioned the cold, hard reality that there are many politicians that deny climate change`s existence altogether. This compromises climate change mitigation efforts (which is most likely their goal). He mentioned that people didn`t deny the science behind space travel which was used to get to the moon, despite concerns that...
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