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Obama Switches Schedule, Will Attend Final Copenhagen Negotiations

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Obama, who was one of the last heads of state from a major emitter country to confirm attendance in Copenhagen, had originally planned to attend an early session, leaving final negotiations to Cabinet officials as well as negotiators from the State Department.

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Salazar: Obama Administration Keeping Oil Shale Development an Option

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The Obama Administration will push an energy plan that potentially includes production of oil shale, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a group of Western governors assembled in Washington at the National Governor’s Association meeting. The Salt Lake Tribune. Let’s put everything on the table.”. Colorado Gov.

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Wagoner Out as GM CEO; Obama to Provide Details on New Auto Aid on Monday

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The Detroit Free Press reports that the Obama Administration has asked GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign, which Wagoner agreed to do today. President Obama will unveil his new rescue plan for GM and Chrysler in a White House ceremony on Monday. Not since President Franklin Roosevelt considered taking control of Ford Motor Co. billion more.

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Bring Back the EV1 Press Conference

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City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. This press conference was held at the very same GM facility where the EV1 Vigil took place during February and March 2005. said Holden. Los Angeles City Council, ret.

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GM first automaker to sign Ceres’ Climate Declaration

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GM’s participation was announced today at the Ceres Conference in San Francisco. 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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Ceres survey finds 71% of responding growers interested in growing dedicated energy crops

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Ceres says that the grower enthusiasm for homegrown bioenergy reflected in this survey is being tempered by the slow implementation of Department of Energy loan guarantees, which were authorized by Congress and promoted by the Obama Administration as a cornerstone of its renewable energy policy.

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Water Vapor In Mid-Troposphere May Double Warming Effect

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& M University at last week’s American Geophysical Union conference in. been approved by the House of Representatives, and is expected to be signed by President Obama. NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument prior. to installation in the Aqua satellite, launched in 2002. Source: NASA. Click to enlarge. San Francisco.

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