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Big Oil Abandons the Arctic, Obama Under Pressure to Do More to Protect the Region
2016-05-12 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Sometimes it is hard to find good news on the climate. Take a quick look at a couple of todays stories: According to Australian researchers, five tiny Pacific islands, which are part of the Solomon islands, have completely disappeared due to rising sea levels, in what is being described as the first scientific confirmation of the impact of climate change on coastlines in the Pacific. Another six islands have had large swathes of land washed into the sea too. Elsewhere, one in five of the...
Clinton once hit Obama for oil, gas donations
2016-04-02 04:43:58| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Hillary Clinton, currently defending herself from environmental critics for accepting money from employees at oil and gas companies, hit then-Sen. Barack Obama for doing the same thing in 2008. Clinton lost her temper at an event on Thursday when activists from Greenpeace and 350 Action, two environmental organization, asked her to "reject fossil fuel money" and not accept donations from the gas and oil industry.
Obama Administration To Bar Oil Drilling In Atlantic Ocean
2016-03-26 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fayette Advocate: "By removing the entire proposed Atlantic leasing area, the administration has failed to present a serious offshore plan that will help meet our energy needs over the coming decades", David Holt, president of the Consumer Energy Alliance, said in a statement on reports the administration was withdrawing the leases. In the Interior Department's five-year plan announced on Tuesday, there are 13 potential offshore lease sales for drilling exploration; all of them are in the Gulf of Mexico or off...
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Obama administration will not allow oil drilling off Atlantic coast
2016-03-16 09:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Americas Atlantic coast will remain off limits for oil and gas drilling for now. Following uproar from coastal communities and environmental groups, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that it was reversing its initial plan of allowing oil exploration off the shores of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia between 2017 and 2022. The Pentagon, too, had expressed concerns that oil exploration activities off the Atlantic Coast could interfere with their military drills and missile...
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In reversal, Obama admin to block oil drilling in Atlantic
2016-03-15 08:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: In a major reversal, the Obama administration said Tuesday it will bar oil drilling off America's Atlantic Coast, a move cheered by environmentalists and consistent with the president's aggressive steps to combat climate change. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said the decision "protects the Atlantic for future generations." She said the administration had listened to thousands of people in coastal communities from Florida to New England who said, "Now is not the time to start leasing off the...
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