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Pressure builds for Obama to link oil sands pipelines to climate change
2013-02-04 02:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: President Obama hasn't publicly drawn a connection between climate change and the Keystone XL pipeline, but new pressure is building on him and other officials to connect those dots. Protests are springing up from Maine to Washington, D.C., to Oklahoma urging leaders to stop the Keystone XL and other oil sands import projects on climate change grounds. The Texas-bound Keystone XL is the biggest of many projects being proposed to connect Canada's oil sands to U.S. refineries and export ports. Protesters...
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Pressure builds for Obama to link oil sands pipelines to climate change
2013-01-31 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: President Obama hasn't publicly drawn a connection between climate change and the Keystone XL pipeline, but new pressure is building on him and other officials to connect those dots. Protests are springing up from Maine to Washington, D.C. to Oklahoma urging leaders to stop the Keystone XL and other oil sands import projects on climate change grounds. The Texas-bound Keystone XL is the biggest of many projects being proposed to connect Canada's oil sands to U.S. refineries and export ports. Protesters...
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Obama to confront oil pipeline, climate change
2013-01-17 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's second-term energy agenda is taking shape and, despite the departure of key Cabinet officials, it looks a lot like the first: more reliance on renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, and expanded production of oil and natural gas. Obama also is promising to address climate change, an issue he has acknowledged was sometimes overlooked during his first term. ''The president has been clear that tackling climate change and enhancing energy security will be among...
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NGOs call on Obama Administration to suspend Arctic oil drilling after series of blunders
2013-01-10 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A coalition of 17 conservation groups are calling on the Obama Administration to suspend offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic after Shell's attempt to drill there has been undermined by a series of mishaps. Shell's long stream of problems was capped this month when the company lost control of its drilling rig which ran aground on Sitkalidak Island in southern Alaska. Officials have now warned that up to 272 gallons of diesel fuel may have spilled from the rig's lifeboats. "These recent...
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