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Obama announces "climate hubs" to help boost agricultural resilience
2014-02-06 11:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Obama administration has unveiled plans for a network of seven "climate hubs" designed to help farmers and rural communities enhance their resilience to extreme weather. Announced yesterday as the latest component in President Obama's wide-ranging climate action plan, the hubs will act as information centres, providing farmers and ranchers with detailed advice on how to minimise the impact of climate risks, such as droughts, floods, wild fires, and extreme cold snaps like the recent polar...
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Obama Administration Announces Climate Hubs To Aid Farmers
2014-02-05 22:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: On Wednesday, the Obama administration announced the creation of seven climate hubs located throughout the United States to help farmers and rural communities react to the threats of climate change. White House officials said the move is among multiple executive decisions that President Obama will take on climate change that do not require action from Congress. Overseen by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the hubs will be tasked with investigating fires, intrusive pests, flooding and...
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Senators urge Obama to reconsider climate regs
2014-02-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Twenty-two senators implored President Obama on Friday to halt plans to impose new emission limits on existing power plants, warning the forthcoming regulations would hit ratepayers in their pocketbooks. In a letter spearheaded by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the lawmakers urged Obama to consider the burden to ratepayers before moving forward with plans to increase regulation. The appeal comes ahead of a June deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to propose a rule placing new restrictions...
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Obama: Climate plan will help US negotiate with China, India
2014-01-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: President Obama is under no illusion that U.S. climate policies alone can rein in global warming. In newly published comments in The New Yorker, Obama says they're crucial to working with China and India, the world's largest and third-largest greenhouse-gas emitters (the U.S. is No. 2). "This is why I'm putting a big priority on our carbon action plan here. It's not because I'm ignorant of the fact that these emerging countries are going to be a bigger problem than us. It's because it's very hard...
Changes for Obama climate goals do not need congressional OK: report
2014-01-21 12:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A group of business leaders, energy experts and former government leaders believes that the Obama administration could tackle climate change by taking measures that do not require congressional approval, according to a report released on Tuesday. The 207-page report contained about 200 recommendations on how President Barack Obama can use executive authority to advance the climate change action plan he announced in June. It was released by former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, who briefed U.S....
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