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commondreams.org - 10 hours ago
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by Oliver Burkeman in Los Angeles Al Gore
has sought to inject fresh momentum into the Copenhagen
build-up, saying he is certain Barack Obama will attend and predicting a rise in civil disobedience against fossil-fuel polluters unless drastic ...
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Civil Unrest Has a Role in Stopping Climate Change, Says ...
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guardian.co.uk - 28 hours ago
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Ahead of Copenhagen summit, former US vice-president says
'non-violent lawbreaking' is legitimate in persuading governments to cut
emissions Al Gore has sought to inject fresh momentum into the Copenhagen build-up, saying he is certain Barack Obama ...
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Civil unrest has a role in stopping climate change, says ...
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huffingtonpost.com - 23 hours ago
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The chief negotiator for the European Commission announced
this afternoon in Barcelona that the failure of the
U.S. Congress to pass legislation before December has doomed the chances for success in Copenhagen . Europe now predicts that a legally ...
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Brendan DeMelle: Europe Places Copenhagen Outcome ...
news.yahoo.com - 28 hours ago
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Agence France-Presse: Asia-Pacific leaders plan to call for
sweeping cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
at a summit here next week, according to a draft communique obtained by AFP Friday. "We believe that global emissions will need ...
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APEC seeks sweeping world emission cuts by 2050
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 38 hours ago
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Three prominent American research organizations that are pushing
for greater cooperation between the U.S. and China on
developing carbon capture technology and the creation of a market for carbon.
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Groups Push U.S. and China on Carbon Capture and Storage ...
initforthegold.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
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When Peggy Noonan http://is.gd/4Lb4z and James H Kunstler
http://is.g/4Lb6x share an iconoclastic point of view it's worthy
of note. It's not surprising that neither is happy with Obama, but it's surprising how similarly they express it. The most sophisticated Americans, experienced in how the ...
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Odd Concordance
huffingtonpost.com - 4 days ago
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I had arranged to meet David Plouffe on
Saturday afternoon at a Starbucks on Wisconsin Avenue in
Washington. The night before, a copy of his new book, The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory , was waiting ...
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Arianna Huffington: Obama One Year Later: The Audacity ...
climateprogress.org - 2 days ago
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Arianna Huffington posted “ Obama One Year Later:
The Audacity of Winning vs. The Timidity of Governing
. HuffPost asked for replies. Mine is here and below. I welcome your thoughts. My bottom line: On climate and clean energy policy, he ...
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One year after his election, Obama on verge of ...
guardian.co.uk - 3 days ago
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• Senate delay means no bill likely before
Copenhagen • German leader makes historic Congress address International
negotiators lost one of the key elements to a successful deal on global warming today after Democratic leaders in the US Congress ...
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US puts climate debate on hold for five weeks despite ...
mnn.com - 3 days ago
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NUCLEAR OPTION: Things are looking bleak for the
Senate's climate bill, the Washington Post reports today, despite
renewed efforts from the Obama administration and Senate Democrats in recent weeks to solidify support. Democrats are still deeply ...
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Daily Briefing: Mon.
grist.org - 3 days ago
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by Grist As the Senate debated the Kerry-Boxer
climate bill in Washington, President Obama travelled to Arcadia,
Florida to announce a $3.4 billion investment in to modernize the U.S. energy grid. Have a look at this official White House press ...
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President Obama announces $3.4 billion investment to ...
onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 13 days ago
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Two Democratic House members are drumming up support
among their colleagues to urge President Obama to go
to Copenhagen to seek agreement with other global leaders on the need to reduce the level of carbon-dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere to the key level of 350 parts per million (ppm).
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Congressmen Urge President Obama to Lead on 350 Climate ...
features.csmonitor.com - 9 days ago
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Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants
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Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants
gawker.com - 10 days ago
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Well you just knew this was coming! Jon
Stewart devoted a Daily Show segment to the Birther
movement and its enablers in the media last night, a segment he used to eviscerate them thoroughly and hilariously. Now, regarding the Birthers one of the ...
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Jon Stewart to Lou Dobbs:
huffingtonpost.com - 10 days ago
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Jon Stewart began his show last night by
skewering CNN for fact-checking a "Saturday Night Live" skit
in which Fred Armisen (playing Barack Obama) claimed to have done "nothing" since taking office. In this hard-hitting report, CNN found that while ...
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'Daily Show' Destroys CNN For Fact-Checking 'SNL' ...
reuters.com - 11 days ago
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Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama
on Tuesday will announce $3.4 billion in government grants
to help build a "smart" electric grid that will save consumers money on their utility bills, reduce blackouts and carry power supplies ...
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Obama to give $3.4 billion in grants for smart grid
guardian.co.uk - 8 days ago
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Observer: Barack Obama's efforts to forge a new
American consensus around the need for action on climate
change has run into a brick wall of Republican opposition, with senators threatening a boycott of a proposed law to cut carbon emissions. The ...
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Barack Obama in new global warming fight
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DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds ...
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wired.com - 11 days ago
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The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency
announced its first grant awards Monday morning, handing out
more than $150 million for what the agency describes as “bold, transformational” energy projects. The fledgling ...
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Chart: How the ‘Darpa for Energy’ Is Slicing Its ...
dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com - 4 days ago
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Two government environmental lawyers say global warming needs
a big response, just not the one pushed by
President Obama and Democrats in Congress.
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E.P.A. Lawyers Challenge 'Cap and Trade' for Climate
energy.gov - 11 days ago
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ARCADIA, FLORIDA - Speaking at Florida Power and
Light's (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President
Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of ...
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President Obama Announces $3.4 Billion Investment to ...
