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On climate change, Obama bypasses Congress with ambitious plan
2013-06-25 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama delivered his most forceful push for action on global warming on Tuesday, declaring that his administration would impose tighter pollution controls on coal- and gas-fired utilities and establish strict conditions for approval of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Obama also announced that the government would take climate change into consideration in its everyday operations. The shift could affect decisions on a range of issues, including bridge heights, flood insurance rates and...
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President Obama, Fracking is Part of the Climate Change Problem, Not Solution
2013-06-25 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Earthworks: President Obama should know this. His own agencies are effectively telling him so. NOAA studies based on actual measurements of methane emissions from natural gas development, transport and consumption, report that the methane leakage rate is much higher than commonly assumed. Its so high, in fact, that natural gas--from gas well to consumption--is more harmful to climate than coal because methane is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. And the Presidents Climate Action...
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Obama aims to tackle pollution, climate change
2013-06-25 20:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced a wide-ranging plan to tackle pollution and prepare communities for global warming. In a major speech at Georgetown University, Obama warned Americans of the deep and disastrous effects of climate change, urging them to take action before it's too late. "As a president, as a father and as an American, I'm here to say we need to act," Obama said. Obama announced he was directing his administration...
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Obama Unveils Plan to Tackle Climate Change
2013-06-25 20:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: A far-reaching plan to fight climate change detailed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday would profoundly reshape the way the U.S. produces and consumes electricity, though the resistance it is sure to encounter promises to sow uncertainty for an industry already buffeted by shifting rules and economics. As part of a much-anticipated speech at Georgetown University, in which the president laid out the first-ever federal effort to rein in greenhouse-gas emissions from the power sector, Mr. Obama...
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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy
2013-06-25 19:30:18| Green Car Congress
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