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Obama calls climate change the 'global threat of our time' is Berlin address
2013-06-19 18:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: President Obama on Wednesday called climate change the global threat of our time" in a speech in Berlin. Amid signs the White House is getting ready to unveil new executive-level steps to curb greenhouse gases, Obama linked fighting climate change to peace and justice while calling for bold action. Peace with justice means refusing to condemn our children to a harsher, less hospitable planet," he said in a speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. "The effort to slow climate change requires bold action....
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Obama to Unveil Climate Change Package in July
2013-06-16 18:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: With his administration under pressure from environmentalists to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project, President Obama plans to unveil a package of separate actions next month focused on curbing US greenhouse gas emissions. At closed-door fund-raisers held over the past few weeks, the president has been telling Democratic party donors that he will unveil new climate proposals in July, according to people who have attended the events or been briefed. Obama's promise frequently comes in response...
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Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now
2013-06-16 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama has vowed to tackle climate change in his second term, but so far has not acted to strengthen a tool that does not require backing from Congress - the National Environmental Policy Act. NEPA, a statute that dates to the Nixon administration, calls on officials to weigh whether projects such as highways, dams or oil drilling could harm the environment. While it does not have the power to block development, NEPA forces officials to consider the environment before approving...
As Obama moves forward on climate, he faces a tough political task
2013-06-15 14:33:33| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Department of Health released application forms Wednesday for residents wishing to apply. But during the second event, according to several people familiar with his private remarks at the home of clean-tech entrepreneur Vinod Khosla, Obama expressed concerns about the political pain involved, saying that "dial testing' of his State of the Union speech showed that the favorability ratings "plummeted' when he vowed to act on climate change if Congress refused to do so. The two comments highlight...
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Obama, China Make Climate Change Agreement
2013-06-09 00:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, completed two days of get-to-know-you talks on Saturday that covered disputes like cyber hacking and North Korea and may set the stage for U.S.-Chinese relations for years to come. The pair spent about eight hours together over Friday and Saturday at a sprawling retreat in the sun-baked desert near Palm Springs, California, an informal summit aimed at injecting some warmth into often chilly relations and providing the chance...
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