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Obama: Climate change is a huge threat to future generations
Almost every year, President Obama drops a few lines into the State of the Union about climate change, but this year he gave his longest and most forceful statements on the issue. Watching his masterf…
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Obama Vows To Fight For Climate Policies In State Of The Union But What He Didnt Mention Was Just As Telling
President Barack Obama could not have signaled more clearly in his 2015 State of the Union address that he intends to fight for his legacy on climate change in the face of a hostile, anti-science …
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Obama: Climate change is a huge threat to future generations
Almost every year, President Obama drops a few lines into the State of the Union about climate change, but this year he gave his longest and most forceful statements on the issue. Watching his masterf…
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Obama Vows To Fight For Climate Policies In State Of The Union But What He Didnt Mention Was Just As Telling
President Barack Obama could not have signaled more clearly in his 2015 State of the Union address that he intends to fight for his legacy on climate change in the face of a hostile, anti-science …
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Friends of the Earth and allies respond to the State of the Union
While President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union speech highlighted his administration’s progressive initiatives, a continued focus on environmentally disastrous trade deals undermined his strong rh…
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State of the Union: President Obamas trade deal would undercut income inequality reductions, while doubling down on climate inaction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — During his 2015 State of the Union Address, President Obama set forth a broad spectrum of initiatives on issues ranging from economics and education to competitiveness and the env…
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Climate Hawks Aren’t Impressed With Obama’s Methane Plan
You would expect environmentalists to offer effusive praise as President Obama releases the final major component of his Climate Action Plan: a proposal toclamp down on methane emissions from the o…
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Low Oil Prices Prompt New Interest In Raising Gas Tax, Cutting Subsidies
Sensing mounting momentum on the issue, “smart growth” advocates, elected officials and others are pushing President Barack Obama to indicate his support for an increase in the federal tax on gaso…
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Obama’s Methane Regulation Plan Too Weak to Fix Climate Crisis, Say Green Groups
The Obama administration’s new plan to regulate methane, formally unveiled on Wednesday, does not go far enough—or take effect quickly enough—to make real progress in the effort to curb the…
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EPA lays out weak plan to regulate methane from the oil and gas industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Environmental Protection Agency released a ”strategy” for regulating methane from the oil and gas industry. This document outlines one part of the Obama Administrat…