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President Obama Takes Strong Stand on Climate in State of the Union Address
2013-02-13 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last night, in his State of the Union address, President Obama outlined his plan to tackle global warming and advance renewable energy. He endorsed the views of climate scientists who warn that climate change is already responsible for increasing the severity and frequency of extreme weather events. In his State of the Union address, President Obama said: But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Yes, it`s true that no single event makes a trend....
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Obama gives Congress a climate change ultimatum
2013-02-13 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday gave Congress an ultimatum on climate change: craft a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the dangers of a warming world, or the White House will go it alone. "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will," Obama said in his State of the Union address. "I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate...
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Obama on Energy and Climate in State of the Union Address
2013-02-13 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Here are the parts of President Obama's 2013 State of the Union address that were about energy and climate change issues, taken from the delivered text: Today, no area holds more promise than our investments in American energy. After years of talking about it, were finally poised to control our own energy future. We produce more oil at home than we have in 15 years. We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas and the amount of renewable energy we generate from sources...
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On climate change, Obama delivered
2013-02-13 05:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Broadening his campaign against the central environmental challenge of our time, President Obama vowed Tuesday to use the powers of the presidency to respond to the growing perils of climate change. With a deeply divided Congress unwilling so far to address this widening scourge, the president stepped up, as only a president can, signaling that hes ready to turn to the executive tool box for the solutions the country so badly needs. The president has got this exactly right. This is no time for...
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Obama seeks oil-funded research to tackle climate change
2013-02-13 04:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: President Obama said Tuesday that extreme weather shows the need to fight climate change, calling for oil-funded technology research to "shift our cars and trucks off oil" and for a doubling of energy efficiency in 20 years. "For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change," Obama said in his fifth State of the Union Address before Congress. "No single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves,...
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