Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 18, 2009

President Obama’s on Air Force One flying home from Copenhagen as I write this and while the final details of the side deal he cut with a handful of countries outside the UN process aren’t fully known yet, one thing is already certain. The deal he negotiated isn’t ambitious, it isn’t fair and it isn’t binding.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The Obama Administration will delay a decision on approving the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada until sometime in 2013—i.e., Among the relevant issues that would be considered are environmental concerns (including climate change), energy security, economic impacts, and foreign policy.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2014

Once again, President Barack Obama used the State of the Union Address on Tuesday night to raise the issue of natural gas vehicles as a way of promoting energy independence and cutting the impact of climate change. In his talk, Obama urged the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

President Obama announced that the Department of Energy has offered conditional commitments for a total of $8.33 To meet our growing energy needs and prevent the worst consequences of climate change, we need to increase our supply of nuclear power and today’s announcement helps to move us down that path. —President Obama.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

US President Barack Obama said the US will cut net greenhouse gas emissions in the US by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025. The Administration said the United States will submit its 2025 target to the Framework Convention on Climate Change as an “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” no later than the first quarter of 2015.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

52% of all Americans agree with President Obama that “ the danger posed by climate change cannot be denied, and our responsibility to meet it must not be deferred. 52% of all Americans agree with President Obama that “ the danger posed by climate change cannot be denied, and our responsibility to meet it must not be deferred.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

These Big Data projects will improve our understanding of issues such as species response to climate change, earthquake recurrence rates, and the next generation of ecological indicators. National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health - Core.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2010

President Obama’s Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), co-chaired by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), delivered a series of recommendations to the president on overcoming the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of CCS within 10 years.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The announcement of the new awards comes a day after high-profile solar company Solyndra, which had received a $535-million Federal loan guarantee under the Obama Administration’s stimulus program, ceased operations, laid off its 1,110 workers and filed for bankruptcy. billion in private investment. — LA Times , 2 Sep 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

General Motors is the first automaker among 40 major US companies to sign a “ Climate Declaration ,” collectively asserting that responding to climate change is good business. In March, GM CEO Dan Akerson called on President Obama to appoint a Blue Ribbon Commission to develop a 30-year policy framework for energy security.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Obama's choice for Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, apparently can't be faulted for his dedication to dealing with climate change. Just when it seemed the overhyped promise of biofuels was diminishing, it may prove to have a second life under Obama. Plug-in advocates are going to have our work cut out for us.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2010

citizen volunteer climate change environment 350.org How much more sense could it possibly make to develop an alternative transportation network that links all our cities and interconnect our South Bay neighborhoods to our schools, workplaces, community centers, shopping centers and retail stores, libraries, restaurants and services.

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

With President Obama and the rest of the leaders of the world’s biggest polluting nations kicking the ball down the field on climate change and effectively pulling the rug out from under all of us who have been targeting the Copenhagen climate talks as the moment we must seize, our response must recognize the obvious.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

52% of all voters think that President Obama believes global warming is caused primarily by human activity. Nine percent (9%) say the president faults some other reason, and 19% are not sure what Obama thinks. Only 20% say the president blames planetary trends. Forty percent (40%) are opposed to it.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Finance structures would be created and funded by developed countries, encouraging developing countries and emerging economies to minimize future emissions and adapt to future effects of climate change. by Jack Rosebro. The relative valuation of potential emissions offsets (e.g.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. And we will put Americans to work making our homes and buildings more efficient so that we can save billions of dollars on our energy bills.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2009

Forty-eight percent (48%) of all likely voters attribute climate change to long-term planetary trends, while seven percent (7%) blame some other reason. Other results: 49% of Americans think the President Obama believes climate change is caused primarily by human activity. Eleven percent (11%) aren’t sure.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

WATCH THIS : These same grotesqueries of public service are responsible for selling out our environment and our climate in exchange for the support and money they get from industries that cause the most global warming. I will grant you that there was nobody more laughably hysterical during the election than Jokemiester McCain.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2009

The proposed cause or contribute finding concludes that that the combined emissions of CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 O, and HFCs from new motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines contribute to the atmospheric concentrations of these key greenhouse gases and hence to the threat of climate change.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The proposal leaves unchanged the reporting and accounting provisions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol on HFC emissions. Two statements on HFCs were released today, one in the context of the G20 Leaders’ Declaration and one bilaterally with China.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

For example, if you look at the page on Obama you find: * The keywords on the left are ordered according to their relationship to the current term. So you can see that Climate Change , Environment , Standards , Solar and other such terms all relate heavily to Obama according to what people talk about. * Obama on cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

President Obama today transmitted the proposed $3.8-trillion billion in applied energy research and development to position the United States as the world leader in energy technology that will address climate change, develop new industries, and create new jobs. trillion FY 2011 Budget to the US Congress. Invests $2.3

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 21, 2009

So you know how much I love seeing Congresswoman Harman call these very issues out in the powerful statement she released today with her reaction to the just concluded Copenhagen climate talks. I haven’t endorsed anyone else running for office in any race in 2010, but I’m endorsing you.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

The solicitation calls for the formation of a US-based consortium to work with Chinese counterparts to bolster collaborative efforts to help ensure energy, water, and environmental security and combat climate change. term threat of climate change. The consortium will be funded with $12.5 million DOE support and $12.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Over the past year the United States has experienced rising unemployment, public frustration with Washington and a divisive health care debate, largely pushing climate change out of the news. Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The EPA recently announced it will roll back the Clean Power Plan, one of former President Obama's milestone efforts to fight climate change, and now the agency plans to axe another rule limiting emissions. Next on the chopping block is a regulation that limits emissions from large trucks and their components.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

There are indications that the Obama Administration in the US is seeking to harmonize Federal fuel economy standards (CAFE) and California vehicle greenhouse gas emissions regulations (AB1493, Pavley). Tags: Canada Climate Change Emissions Policy. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). (A A hat-tip to Bob!).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

When Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it never gave EPA the explicit authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of stopping global climate change. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. Executive branch agencies, like EPA, carry out the laws passed by Congress.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

is a key amplifier of the effects of climate change, efforts to. been approved by the House of Representatives, and is expected to be signed by President Obama. & M University at last week’s American Geophysical Union conference in. San Francisco. Although scientists have long believed that water vapor. However, the.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We don’t need President Obama and the Senate and the House. Tags: Environmental Politics carbon producers citizen volunteer climate change electric cars energy efficiency environment environmental legislation fossil fuels green building green education green jobs plug-in cars 350.org

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2015

The United States submitted its target to cut net greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Last November, President Obama and President Xi of China, announced the respective post-2020 climate targets for the United States and China.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2009

” “To deny the mounting science of climate change is to stick our heads in the sand and say ‘deal me out.’ “ The notion of holding the health care of over 300 million Americans hostage in exchange for a handful of coal permits is beyond foolish; it is morally indefensible.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

During the UN Climate Summit this week, the Obama administration is sure to promote the regulatory actions it has taken to reduce climate change emissions from stationary sources such as power plants. The increased GHG emissions are equal to putting an additional 4.4 new coal-fired power plants.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 29, 2009

I was there to help Greenpeace collect petition cards urging President Obama to take a stronger leadership role on climate change and to go to Copenhagen and take personal responsibility for the USA’s role in the talks. Tags: Environmental Politics climate change environment solar power 350.org

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 2, 2009

Bill’s helping to create the largest ever civil-disobedience on climate change in history. Along with Al Gore , Dr. James Hansen and Joe Romm , Bill Mckibben is one of the climate change activists I admire most. I just got the email below from author/activist/environmentalist, Bill McKibben of 350.org

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

The Advanced Clean Cars package will help clean our air, help us fight climate change, and perhaps most important for average citizens, save thousands of dollars over the life of the vehicles. This marks a new chapter in the history of ARB. ”. This program will make the cleanest cars and the new technologies commonplace.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

In one of his first official acts in office in January, President Obama requested a final order for federal fuel economy standards for only model year 2011, with further consideration and analysis to occur prior to issuing rules for subsequent model years. million metric tons during that period. Earlier post.).

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