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Obama, Hollande back 'ambitious and durable' climate deal
2015-11-13 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Friday voiced support for an "ambitious and durable" climate deal, amid questions about the legal status of any Paris accord. "Both leaders emphasized their personal commitment to reach an ambitious and durable climate change agreement," the White House said in a statement after the two men held a telephone discussion. Obama is expected to attend the talks, which begin in Paris on November 30 and aim to secure a deal...
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Citing Climate Change Obama Rejects Construction Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
2015-11-07 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama announced on Friday that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a symbol of the debate over his climate policies. Mr. Obamas denial of the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which would have carried 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast, comes as he seeks to build an ambitious legacy on climate change. America is now a global leader...
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Obama calls for 'strong' climate deal in Paris
2015-09-27 22:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US President Barack Obama on Sunday urged world leaders to step up efforts for a "strong" climate agreement at year-end talks in Paris. "In just two months, the world must unite around a strong global agreement," Obama said in an address to a United Nations development summit. "All our countries will be affected by a changing climate, but the world's poorest people will bear the heaviest burden -- rising seas, more intense droughts," Obama said. "We'll be seeing climate change refugees,"...
Obama Says Paris Climate Talks Bound to Fall Short
2015-09-27 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama said he hopes major countries agree to "aggressive enough targets" to cut carbon emissions at climate talks in Paris later this year, but he said any deal will fall short of what is needed to slow global warming. "I'm less concerned about the precise number, because let's stipulate right now, whatever various country targets are, it's still going to fall short of what the science requires," Obama said in an interview published in Rolling Stone magazine. In an interview...
Obama, Xi make climate vow but clash on rights, islands
2015-09-26 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: U.S. President Barack Obama and mainland China leader Xi Jinping vowed to fight global warming and halt commercial cybertheft on Friday, but exchanged sharp words on human rights and territorial disputes. At an extraordinary joint news conference, Obama chided the mainland on its treatment of dissidents and insisted hacking attacks on U.S. firms must stop, even as he thanked Xi for his commitment on climate change. The world's top two economic powers are also its biggest polluters, and campaigners...
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