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Former EPA climate adviser rips Obama over environmental regulations
2013-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: The Senate will hold a confirmation hearing next week for Gina McCarthy, President Obama's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency in his second term. McCarthy, who is currently the assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, is expected to face some grilling from Senate Republicans who haven't been big fans of regulations, particularly when it comes to greenhouse gas rules. But the Senate might not be the biggest obstacle to strong new rules. In a stinging critique...
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Obama on climate change: 'The politics of this are tough'
2013-04-04 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: President Obama told Democratic donors late Wednesday that he must sharpen his argument for action on climate change and green energy at a time when many families are still struggling financially. He said, "The politics of this are tough." [T]he thing that Im going to have to try to work to persuade the American people a little more convincingly on is this notion that theres a contradiction between our economy and our environment -- it's just a false choice, Obama said at a San Francisco...
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James Hansen, Famed Climate Scientist, Urges Obama To Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-04-04 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: On Thursday, after retiring from NASA to pursue environmental activism, James E. Hansen published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times warning that the Keystone XL pipeline, if approved, would exacerbate global warming and put the U.S. on the hook for oil spills and environmental degradation. The op-ed marks the first move in Hansen's new career as a carbon campaigner, after nearly half a century spent as NASA's most famous climate scientist at the agencys Goddard Institute for Space Studies. In...
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At fundraisers Obama talks climate, regaining U.S. House
2013-04-04 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama used fundraisers on Wednesday to assuage supporters' concerns about a transnational oil pipeline and his commitment to tackling climate change, while urging them to drive Republicans out of power in Congress in 2014. The Obama administration is expected to decide later this year whether to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada's oil sands to Texas. Environmentalists oppose the project, saying its carbon emissions would contribute unnecessarily...
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Obama Clears Away Smog, Advances Climate Agenda
2013-04-02 04:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: The EPA unveiled its new anti-smog rules on Friday, prompting the usual Republican complaints about President Obamas war on free enterprise, along with the usual dire warnings of higher prices at the pump. The rules will raise gas prices, but less than a cent a gallon. Meanwhile, by 2030, theyll avoid an estimated 2,400 annual premature deaths, prevent 23,000 respiratory illnesses in children, and reduce tailpipe emissions by the equivalent of taking 33 million cars off the road. Im not too...
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