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Obama Halts Federal Coal Leasing Citing Climate Change
2016-01-15 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The Obama administration on Friday brought a temporary halt to new coal mining leases on federal lands while it conducts a three-year review meant to bring coal leasing in line with U.S. climate policy. The moratorium comes just days after Obama said in his State of the Union Address that he would push to change the way the government manages its oil and coal resources to reflect the costs they impose on both taxpayers and the planet. The moratorium takes place immediately, but does not halt coal...
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Obama latest big climate move: Keeping more coal in the ground
2016-01-15 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Just a few days after President Barack Obama promised new actions on climate change during his final State of the Union address, his administration has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of how coal can be extracted from federal land. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced on Friday that she was placing a moratorium on new coal mining leases on public land and that her department would begin a multiyear review of how those lease contracts are awarded. The policy change is likely to make the leases...
Obama Builds on His Climate Legacy by Making Historic Change to Coal Leasing Public Lands
2016-01-15 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Today, Sec. of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the Obama administration will be compiling a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on coal leasing on public lands and putting an immediate suspension on all future and modified coal leases. Sec. Jewells announcement today follows President Obamas statement in the State of the Union that he would push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet....
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Obama Disses Climate Change Deniers
2016-01-13 04:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffinton Post: President Barack Obama dissed those who deny the science around climate change during his last State of the Union address. "Look, if anybody still wants to dispute the science around climate change, have at it," Obama said. "You'll be pretty lonely, because you'll be debating our military, most of America's business leaders, the majority of the American people, almost the entire scientific community, and 200 nations around the world who agree it's a problem and intend to solve it." Obama touched...
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Obama insists climate deal will outlast GOP 'climate denial'
2015-12-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: With a Paris climate agreement just over a week old, President Obama is singling out the GOP on climate change. In an interview with NPRs Steve Inskeep, the president lambasted Republicans, whom he views as excessively contrarian on the issue. The Republican Party in the United States is perhaps literally the only major party in the developed world that is still engaging in climate denial, he said. Heres his explanation for calling the GOPs stance an outlier on climate, even compared with far-right...
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