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Obama: Climate Change Deniers Security Risk

Sarah Higman — Thu, 21 May 2015 14:16:32 +0000

American politicians who deny that rising seas, thawing permafrost and longer wildfires are the crippling effects of global warming pose a serious threat to US national security, Barack Obama said on Wednesday. During his speech to the United States coast guard academy Obama stated, “This is not just a problem for countries on the coast or for […]

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Short Memory – Oil Drilling to Expand in the Gulf of Mexico

Benji Jerew — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:11:58 +0000

Apparently, oil companies and politicians have really short memories, because oil drilling is about to expand in the Gulf of Mexico. Interestingly, however, the environment doesn’t have such a short memory. The latest Gulf-of-Mexico oil spill, in the aftermath of an explosion onboard the DeepWater Horizon oil drilling platform, took place nearly four years ago. […]

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President Obama Announces Fuel Economy Standards for Heavy Truck Fleet

Benji Jerew — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:13:38 +0000

United States President Barack Obama has a few more things to do before he leaves office in 2016, one of which is continuing fuel economy reforms to reduce emissions and petroleum imports. Container ships and cargo trains may be the first two steps in the logistics of the United States, but the heavy duty truck […]

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Obama Announces Push to Address Climate Change

Benji Jerew — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:16:04 +0000

Many people recognize that climate change is happening, and that it’s our fault, but not everyone agrees which direction we need to go. Here, in the United States, President Obama is fighting to maintain a delicate balance between clean energy, addressing climate change, and energy independence, addressing national sovereignty. In his annual State of the […]

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Obama’s Plan: Greening Up Coal Power Plants by Stimulating Oil Extraction

Mila Luleva — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 19:26:53 +0000

Is it possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while encouraging investors to put their money on coal-fired power plants and oil? According to Barack Obama’s new strategy, the answer is yes, and this can only be achieved with new carbon capture technologies. The high price of these, however, did show that it was all too […]

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White House Solar Panels Being Installed, Finally! Again?

Benji Jerew — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:42:37 +0000

Bureaucracy could be the reason that it’s taken some three years for the White House to finally get its solar panel upgrades, or is it thirty-something years and could it be something else? In 2010, a couple of years after the Obama campaign had mentioned its commitment to renewable energy, Obama pledged to install new […]

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15-Year-Old “DISCOVR” Environmental Satellite to Launch in 2014

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:47:42 +0000

An old environmental satellite is planned to be launched “at sea,” in 2014, at the initiative of President Barack Obama. The thing, also nicknamed “GoreSat,” has been built in 1998 after Al Gore, then vice president, proposed the idea of a satellite that would perform environmental surveillance from 1 million miles between the Earth and […]

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Elon Musk: Obama Victory Could Mean Continued EV Programs

Benji Jerew — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:54:31 +0000

Hundreds of millions of dollars of US government funds have gone into the advancement of electric vehicle technology, including to electric vehicle [EV] manufacturers, advanced rechargeable battery technologies, and tax incentives for EV purchasers. Barack Obama’s recent victory gives him a second term in office as President of the United States, which could mean that […]

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Americans Willing to Pay Extra for Clean Energy, Study Says

Guest Contributor — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:27:16 +0000

Barack Obama’s January 2011 State of the Union address called for a National Clean Energy Standard (NCES) that would target having 80% of all energy sources in the US to be generated from green sources by 2035. The U.S. citizens are ready to pay the extra cost – as long as they will get green […]

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Barack Obama Approves $10,000 Discount in Electric Car Prices

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:18:20 +0000

If you live in the U.S. and always wanted to buy an electric vehicle, but you couldn’t afford, think again. The newly released budget that President Obama approved can offer you a $10,000 discount off the price of an electric vehicle. That is $2,500 more than what’s being offered right now – however, if you […]

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Barack Obama Refuses New Solar Panels On The White House

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:49:58 +0000

U.S. president Barack Obama has recently refused a proposal to reinstall solar panels on the White House rooftops. The proposal came from Bill McKibben, the founder of a group of environmental activists, who went to Obama in a biodiesel-powered van. Ex-president Jimmy Carter had installed the proposed solar panels on the White House back in 1979. They used to provide heat and were a logo of America's will to free itself from foreign oil.

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