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Obama unveils climate change plan that goes around Congress
Posted by The Hill: Ben Geman on June 25th, 2013
The Hill: President Obama is launching fresh battles over climate change with plans to curb emissions using executive powers that sidestep Congress -- including controversial rules to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants.
The wide-ranging plan, which Obama will tout in a speech later Tuesday, also beefs up federal efforts to help deploy low-carbon and renewable energy, and has programs to help harden communities against climate-fueled extreme weather.
Internationally, it seeks to knock down...
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Posted by CBS News: Stephanie Condon on June 25th, 2013
CBS News: With little to no hope on Capitol Hill for action on climate change, President Obama on Tuesday plans to bypass Congress and move forward with executive actions designed to reduce carbon emissions.
In a speech at Georgetown University, the president will lay out what the administration is billing as a comprehensive plan built on three pillars: cutting the nation's carbon pollution, leading global efforts to reduce carbon emissions and preparing the United States for the impacts of climate change....
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Posted by Globe and Mail: Paul Koring on June 25th, 2013
Globe and Mail: With an eye on his legacy, President Barack Obama will unveil Tuesday sweeping plans to help save the planet from runaway global warming by curbing greenhouse-gas emissions.
But the toughest climate-change decision soon to cross the President's Oval Office desk - the fate of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline designed to ship Alberta oil-sands crude across America - likely won't even rate a mention. Anti-Keystone XL activists said they will demonstrate at Georgetown University where Mr. Obama is...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Obama climate-change speech to be combed for Keystone cluesArkansas Times Launch Campaign to Crowdfund Oil Spill Reporting Project
Posted by InsideClimate: Stacy Feldman on June 25th, 2013
InsideClimate: InsideClimate News this week launched a campaign to raise funds for an innovative national-local reporting collaboration with the Arkansas Times that will investigate the causes and consequences of the Exxon pipeline spill in Mayflower, Ark. on Mar. 29. The campaign is being run on ioby.org, an innovative, non-profit crowdfunding platform.
"We are appealing to our readers to help crowdfund this effort and show that modest donations can have a cumulative impact to improve the public interest,"...
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Posted by LA Times: Neela Banerjee on June 25th, 2013
LA Times: President Obama plans to roll out the first U.S. regulations designed to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants by next June, making that the central element of a sweeping initiative to rein in emissions of gases that drive climate change.
Obama plans to describe his proposals in a speech Tuesday afternoon at Georgetown Universityin Washington, D.C. He is expected to unveil a strategy that works across the federal government to pare greenhouse gases sharply by the end of the decade,...
Carbon Regulations and Keystone Silence: Previewing Obama’s Climate Speech
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 25th, 2013
Time: In just a few hours President Obama will give what the White House is calling a major speech on climate change at Georgetown University--and for his increasingly wobbly environmental supporters, this is a long time coming. The White House complains that it doesn`t get enough credit for its environmental accomplishments: reducing carbon emissions, negotiating tough new auto fuel efficiency standards and pouring billions upon billions of dollars of funding into renewable energy research and deployment....
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Carbon Regulations and Keystone Silence: Previewing Obama’s Climate SpeechPalm oil companies linked to haze see share prices drop
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 24th, 2013
Mongabay: Three firms linked to fires in Sumatra saw their share prices decline since the haze crisis worsened a week ago. Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (SGX:E5H) led the pack with an 8 percent decline since June 18. Wilmar International Limited (SGX:F34) dropped 5 percent, while First Resources Ltd (SGX:EB5) lost 4 percent. All three firms are listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and have been cited in media reports based on hotspot data from NASA. Officials in Singapore and Indonesia say they will pursue...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Palm oil companies linked to haze see share prices dropWild Alaskan weather intensifies climate debate
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 24th, 2013
New Scientist: Nothing but blue skies"¦ This rare satellite image of a completely cloudless Alaska triggered media debate this week on whether climate change and melting Arctic sea ice are to blame. The true picture looks more nuanced.
Release of the image by NASA coincided with a heatwave that saw the mercury hit 36 °C in Anchorage on 17 June, and record-breaking temperatures in at least three other towns. Yet just weeks ago, the state saw unseasonably late snow and cold weather, prompting former Alaskan governor...
Alberta promises C$1 billion in flood funding, won’t balance budget
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 24th, 2013
Reuters: Alberta Premier Alison Redford on Monday promised C$1 billion ($950 million) in initial funding to help pay for damage caused by major flooding this past weekend, and said the oil-rich province would no longer be able to balance its operating budget this year.
Redford said funding was a preliminary contribution to pay for the initial cost of cleaning up the floods in southern Alberta that began last week and for those that affected the oil sands center of Fort McMurray earlier this month.
The...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Alberta promises C$1 billion in flood funding, won’t balance budgetMassive wind-stoked wildfires rage through Colorado forests
Posted by Reuters: Keith Coffman on June 24th, 2013
Reuters: A trio of wind-driven wildfires roared unchecked across 76,000 acres of national forest in southwest Colorado on Monday and firefighters held the line against flames threatening the mountain town of South Fork.
Crews have been hampered in battling the West Fork Complex fires - which consist of three separate blazes - by the steep mountainous terrain and winds in excess of 50 miles an hour (80 km/h) on some ridgelines.
South Fork, the town of 600 residents evacuated last week as flames crept...
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