"Obama's Budget Reveals Depth and Breadth of His Climate Agenda"
"However the negotiations with Congress turn out, the budget will lock in the course of climate policy through the next presidential election."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/03/2015
Environmental Politics
Obama's 2016 Budget Urges Deeper State Cuts To Power Plant Emissions
"President Barack Obama's fiscal 2016 budget proposes $7.4 billion to fund clean energy technologies and a $4 billion fund to encourage U.S. states to make faster and deeper cuts to emissions from power plants, officials told Reuters."
Source: Reuters, 02/02/2015
"US-Backed Mexico Dam Project Triggered Protest, Rare Defeat"
"SANTA URSULA, Mexico — People in the hamlet of Santa Ursula began to worry when the logging started. In a few short weeks, more than a mile of densely forested riverbank was stripped from the Arroyo Sal to make way for heavy dredging equipment."
Source: AP, 01/30/2015
"Senate Approves Keystone XL Pipeline Bill, Testing Obama"
"The Senate passed a bill on Thursday to force approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which President Obama is certain to veto in his first official clash with the new Republican-majority Congress."
Source: NY Times, 01/30/2015
"The GOP’s Plan To Stop Environmental Protections: Attack Science"
Congressional Republicans plan to re-launch some bills they fielded last year -- bills attacking the science on which environmental and health regulations are based. But this time, with GOP control of the Senate, the bills may clear Congress."
Source: Wash Post, 01/29/2015
"Senate Set for Thursday Keystone Vote"
"The Senate is set to greenlight its Keystone XL bill on Thursday, just 48 hours after Democrats forced Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to postpone victory on the oil pipeline he has made the GOP’s first priority for 2015."
Source: Politico, 01/29/2015
With Environmental Rules at Stake, Dark Money Set To Flood 2016 U.S. Elections
Are megabucks from fossil fuels and other big industries corrupting the election of federal government officials? The U.S. public has little chance of knowing under current rules that are bringing "dark money" to ascendancy in American politics.
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"EPA Chief Headed To Vatican To Talk Climate Change"
"The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to make a brief Vatican visit at the end of the week on the topic of addressing climate change."
Source: National Catholic Reporter, 01/28/2015
"Obama's Base Mobilizes Against President's Free Trade Agenda"
Labor unions and environmentalists say the ultra-secret Trans Pacific Partnership trade treaty could nullify U.S. laws meant to protet Americans. They oppose the administration's bid for "fast-track" authority to present it to Congress on a take-it-or-leave it basis."
Source: Aljazeera America, 01/28/2015
"Obama’s Plan: Allow Drilling in Atlantic, but Limit It in Arctic"
"The Obama administration moved Tuesday to open up a vast stretch of East Coast waters to oil and gas drilling, a decision that could have a profound impact on the economic and environmental future of states from Virginia to Georgia. The move also adds a new dimension to the legacy of President Obama."
Source: NY Times, 01/28/2015
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