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Obama Slaps Trump With $500mln Donation to Green Climate Fund

Nicholas Say — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:53:53 +0000

With less than a day in office now-former President Obama has done a stunning thing. Knowing that incoming President Trump has a highly antagonistic view towards the environment, Mr. Obama has made sure that the Green Climate Fund will have ample funding for the near future. This is a very welcome move from a man who […]

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Obama’s Clean Energy Initiatives – We Need More Win!

Benji Jerew — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 14:51:33 +0000

In promoting a clean energy mix for the United States, in between zero-emissions vehicles, advanced rechargeable batteries, solar power and wind power initiatives, and implementing stricter emissions regulations across the board, it hasn’t been all “win.” Understandably, many of the technologies may very well have been ahead of their time or just poorly planned or […]

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Gasoline Prices – “It Won’t Last,” says Obama

Benji Jerew — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:21:13 +0000

One might think that we, as a species, have an excellent collective memory, but every time that gasoline prices fluctuate, everyone goes nuts, in one way or another. For example, when gasoline prices shot up in the mid-1970s in the United States, everyone went crazy. There were gasoline shortages and rationing, and suddenly everyone thought […]

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Technology Won’t Take a Hit in Supreme Court Greenhouse Gas Case

Adele Hall — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 05:37:13 +0000

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will cut back on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources. However, fuel economy standards will remain intact. Regulations can have big implications because for innovation because they force the adoption of new technologies. However, there is likely […]

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Addressing Climate Change: Power Producers Balk at Carbon Dioxide Limits

Benji Jerew — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:19:59 +0000

In the United States, power production, generates fully 33% of the carbon dioxide emissions of all sectors. In an effort to address climate change, a new Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] proposal could cut that number in half. Since United States President Barack Obama took office for his second term, it has been encouraging to see […]

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Obama Addresses Climate Change as “An American Issue”

Benji Jerew — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:46:35 +0000

“Haters gonna hate” no matter what they hate, including the Obama administration’s initiatives on climate change. The Obama White House approach to climate change has been attacked as a Republican vs Democrat debate, pretty much going nowhere in the process. Obama was able to pass some landmark legislation reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the light […]

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Obama Hints at Gentler Climate Change Legislation

Benji Jerew — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:12:44 +0000

We were all surprised but happy to hear that President Obama was calling for stronger climate change legislation at the beginning of his second term, but its execution is going to be a little gentler. Of course, in his first term in office, Obama couldn’t push too hard or else alienate most of his supporters, […]

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Carbon Emissions More Likely to be Curbed during Obama’s Second Term

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:20:03 +0000

President Obama still has an uphill battle with Congress on limiting carbon emissions, but he may be able to achieve more progress on curbing emissions by using Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation. Due to reelection and shifting political agendas and economic conditions, Obama may actually be in a better position now to endure the confrontation […]

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Obama to Congress on Climate Control: “Act Now or I Will”

Benji Jerew — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:21:57 +0000

Now that Barack Obama has been elected to his second-term as President of the United States, he doesn’t have to play quite so nicely with the other branches to make changes to policies relating to climate control. Granted, his health care bill hasn’t been particularly popular, but he did manage to get the Environmental Protection […]

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Obama Administration Champions New Air Quality Standards with Major Health Benefits

Leigh Hutchens — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 06:33:31 +0000

In early December, the Obama administration imposed a new air quality standard that aims to reduce the amount of soot released into the air by 20%. Soot, comprised of fine particulate matter, contains microscopic particles that are released from smokestacks, diesel trucks, and wood-burning stoves. In addition to creating a layer of haze in the […]

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Obama Recognizes Climate Change, But Does He Lack Conviction?

Benji Jerew — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:17:47 +0000

US President Barack Obama, recently elected to a second term in office, made little mention of climate change during the preceding debates. Climate change is coming back into his conversation, as in yesterday’s press conference, but it seems like he’s missing something, regarding action specifically. Of course, economic recovery took precedence, but it’s good to […]

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Ignored During Debates, Climate Change is Recalled During Obama’s Victory Speech

Benji Jerew — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:58:17 +0000

During the 2012 presidential debates, one issue, the elephant-in-the-room, Climate Change, sat ignored in the corner, even though it weighs heavy on the mind of many of the voting populace. Obama’s recent presidential win gives him a second term in the White House, another four years, to work on policy to improve the economy and […]

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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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Obama Keeps Encouraging Alternative Fuel Industries in Georgetown Speech

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:22:44 +0000

I have always admired Obama's attitude towards green technologies. During a speech in Georgetown, he continued encouraging the biofuel industry and telling people that "the only way for America's energy supply to be truly secure is by permanently reducing our dependence on oil."

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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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President Obama Allocates $2 Billion for Solar Energy

Mike Sandru — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:07:57 +0000

The money promised by Obama will come from government stimulus funds designed to boost the economy during the recession. According to the president, about 5,000 new jobs will be created due to these investments.

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Thorium: The Ultimate Cleanest Nuclear Energy Source

Cristi — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:36:25 +0000

The president of the Unite States of America Barack Obama could be the person to influence the usage of the ultimate alternative energy ever discovered: THORIUM.

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