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Call for an End to ‘Business as Usual’ Option on Climate
Mary Robinson, the UN Secretary General’s special envoy on climate change, has warned that the whole issue of climate is much too important to be left to governments and their leaders. Robinson, who was the first woman president of Ireland and is now head of the MRFCJ foundation promoting climate justice, said it is a battle for all of us − and that now is the time for action, not ...
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EPA Administrator to Visit Fresno, Phoenix for high-speed rail groundbreaking, American Meteorological Society annual meeting
Today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will travel to Fresno, Calif. to join California Governor Jerry Brown, California High-Speed Rail Authority board members, and other government, community and transportation leaders to commemorate the start of sustained construction on the nation’s first high-speed rail system. By 2029, the system is expected to run ...
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Report: Climate change already affecting US
When it came time to deliver a new federal report detailing what global warming is doing to America and the dire forecast for the future, President Barack Obama turned to the pros who regularly deliver the bad news about wild weather: TV meteorologists. "We want to emphasize to the public, this is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now," ...
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New house energy committee chair rep. upton grows skeptical about climate change and waits for business to change his mind
In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, new House energy committee chair Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) continued changing his tune from being a climate solutions advocate to a climate change skeptic when he aligned himself with fellow skeptic and Americans For Prosperity (AFP) President Tim Phillips to support the lawsuits by global warming polluters against climate rules. Upton has morphed from ...
By 3BL Media
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EPA administrator holds town hall meeting with Chinese students (DC)
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson delivered remarks during a town hall meeting with 300 students at Sun Yat-sen University. During the meeting, she discussed EPA’s international priorities and its ongoing partnership with China on a range of environmental issues. The remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below: EPA Administrator Lisa P. ...
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