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watthead.blogspot.com - 1/26/2009

BREAKING: Obama Lets California and 13 States Regulate Global Warming Pollution from Cars and Trucks

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Obama will also speed efforts to set federal fuel economy standards. BREAKING NEWS: President Barack Obama will grant California and 13 other states the authority to regulate global warming pollution from cars and light trucks, setting standards that would require cars and trucks sold in ...

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nytimes.com - 1/26/2009

Obama to Direct Shift in Emissions Regulations

— nytimes.com — President Obama will direct regulators to move swiftly on an application by California and 13 other states... to set strict automobile emissions and fuel efficiency standards. > (more) Obama to Direct Shift in Emissions Regulations

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next10.org - 1/27/2009

Next 10

— next10.org — Green Innovation Index line The Green Innovation Index is a new report by Next 10 that analyzes... key economic and environmental indicators to help us better understand the role green innovation plays in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause ... (more) Next 10

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reuters.com - 1/30/2009

Snow study shows California faces historic drought

— reuters.com — A new survey of California winter snows on Thursday showed the most populous state is facing one... of the worst droughts in its history, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said. (more) Snow study shows California faces historic drought

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• The Intellectual Redneck

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  The "Big Three" are under bankruptcy watch and begging for more bailout money. President Barack Obama thinks this is a good time to appease his environmental base by weighing Detroit down with a new round of environmental regulations. This is a horrible timing and it will severely damage the ability of the "Big Three" to return to profitability. The first increase in CAFE will take place by the 2011 model year. Detroit is now preparing to launch the 2010 model year in July. Read more here. <a href="http://bloggingredneck.blogspot.com/">The "Big Three" are sinking and Barack Obama fires a salvo of torpedoes</a>

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Obama: “No single issue is as fundamental to our future as energy”
It's Getting Hot In Here — ... dependence and empowered by a new energy economy that puts millions of our citizens to work. “ The president then went on to announce what he called “the first steps on our journey toward energy independence,” including new investments in Obama’s economic stimulus package to harness clean energy, a directive to move forward with new regulations to increase the efficiency of American cars and trucks passed by Congress in December 2007, and a new directive to the Environmental Protection Agency to allow California and 13 other states ...

BREAKING: Obama Pledges to Regulate CO2 from Coal Plants
It's Getting Hot In Here — ... performance standards for pollutants. Under such a provision, EPA could require any new coal plants or existing plants undergoing major retrofits to control their emissions to a certain emissions rate - say no more than the emissions of a modern combined cycle natural gas plant. This kind of emissions performance standard, already the law in California and Washington state, would require coal plants to cut their emissions by 50-60% of more. Obama’s EPA recently granted California and 13 other states their petition to establish regulations on CO2 emissions from ...