Obama Environment

Pete Bethune and His Holy Warriors, Part 2

Peter Jay Brown | Posted 05.15.2012

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Peter Jay Brown

I certainly believe we come from apes, but I also would like to believe we have evolved beyond that. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ghandi, and the Dalai Lama all know better. How might our human history be different if they had taken up arms?

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Obama: Further Steps Needed 'To Deal With Climate Change In A Serious Way'

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 04.25.2012

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"We're going to have to take further steps to deal with climate change in a serious way," President Obama declared in a recent Rolling Stone interview...

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Why the Sierra Club Is Endorsing President Obama

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 04.18.2012

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Mary Anne Hitt

In the battle for our nation's future, President Obama has stood on the side of health, prosperity, and progress for all American families and against the greed of corporate polluters.

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The Climate Post: Obama Moves Ahead With Oil Sanctions as Gas Prices Climb

Jan Mazurek | Posted 04.09.2012

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Jan Mazurek

Oil prices have climbed this year amid lingering tensions with Iran, with the price of gas now averaging around $3.92 a gallon -- and experts are warning more increases are on the way. Back home in their districts, legislators are using oil prices to fuel campaign rhetoric.

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Capitalists and Environmentalists Agree: Green Innovation Rocks

Neil Wagner | Posted 04.04.2012

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Neil Wagner

Hey, if major corporations, climate-denying vice chairmen, and Fox News can all wrap their arms around green technology, maybe our environment has a chance after all.

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EPA To Reduce New Power Plants' Pollution

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.26.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration forged ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, igno...

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Not Quite 'President Algae'

AP | BETH FOUHY and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.23.2012

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NEW YORK — Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline as a gift to environmentalists. Newt Gin...

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WATCH: The LA River Welcomes You

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.21.2012

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Did you know the LA river features bike paths, kayaking, equestrian communities and varied bird life? Even though it's concrete, the river is a natura...

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A Twitter Discussion About Green Issues And State Of The Union

Posted 01.24.2012

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How will environmentalists and green energy advocates respond to President Obama's 2012 State of the Union on Tuesday night? While Obama's focus m...

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Obama Administration Boosts Renewables On Both Coasts

AP | By MATTHEW DALY | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration moved Tuesday to boost renewable energy on both coasts, approving onshore solar and wind farms in the West and ...

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EPA Chief Wanted Stricter Smog Standards

AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency had wanted to set a stricter limit on the main ingredient in smog to better protect chil...

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Lynne Peeples

Retreat On Ozone Legislation Leaves Standard Based on 14-Year-Old Science

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.02.2011

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"Ridiculous." "Illegal." "Dangerous." President Barack Obama's decision to shelve a proposed tightening of ozone standards has prompted a deluge of an...

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President Obama Announces Deal To Boost Fuel Economy, Some Environmentalists Unsatisfied

AP | By DINA CAPPIELLO and TOM KRISHER | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ushering in the largest decrease in auto fuel consumption since the 1970s, President Barack Obama and automobile manufacturers Frid...

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As Government Fails to Protect Endangered Species, One Grassroots Program Quietly Succeeds

Robert J. Cabin | Posted 08.17.2011

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Robert J. Cabin

Much to the chagrin of the conservation community, President Obama has not turned out to be a strong environmentalist or defender of vanishing species.

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Obama Targets 'Climate Change Deniers In Congress'

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 06.21.2011

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At a Democratic National Committee fundraiser on Wednesday night in San Francisco, President Barack Obama called out climate change-deniers in Congres...

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For Young Environmental Activists, Obama's Now The One To Pressure

Tribune | Peter Nicholas | Posted 06.17.2011

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Thousands of college students and idealistic young voters came in this weekend to learn organizing techniques aimed at pushing the country toward rene...

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What If Your President's Just Not That Into You?

Bill McKibben | Posted 06.15.2011

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Bill McKibben

Those of us in the environmental movement aren't high school sophomores feeling jilted by their first crush. Most of us liked Obama a lot. But when the political going got a little tough, Obama didn't.

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Gulf's Dolphins: 'Man Needs to Make Right Their Waters'

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Georgianne Nienaber

"Diviner than the Dolphin is nothing yet created, for indeed they were aforetime men and lived in cities along with mortals. They exchanged the land f...

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Why the GM and Chrysler Bankruptcies Foreshadow Big Problems for the Gulf Cleanup

Christopher Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Weber

When it comes to the all-important question of who pays, a bankrupt BP may quickly start to resemble GM and Chrysler, which have been criticized for insufficiently funding their cleanup obligations.

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In Europe "Think Globally and Act Locally" Is More Than Just a Slogan for Saving the Planet

Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin

Since it burst onto the scene in the 1970s, the mainstream American environmental movement has too often regarded federal leadership and mandates as t...

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Exploit This Tragedy

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tina Dupuy

The "don't exploit this tragedy" knee-jerk catch-all phrase is meaningless. In American politics, we rule by crisis. There is no political will to act unless something is burning, melting or spewing.

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Why We Need A National Ocean Policy, Jane Lubchenco

Jon Bowermaster | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Bowermaster

Jane Lubchenco is using everything she has learned as a scientist and activist to try and shape a national ocean policy. But can politics really make a difference?

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Secret Weapons: James Bond, the Whales and the White House

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Kraus

Every U.S. president since Reagan has upheld the standards banning commercial whaling. So let's not reward the bad behavior of countries like Japan, Norway and Iceland for violating international law.

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Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson (VIDEO): Obama Has Been A Great Environmental Enforcer

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rolling Stone's political correspondent Tim Dickinson appeared on Morning Joe to discuss the Obama's stance toward the environment, which Dickinson ar...

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One Year Later: Obama's Most Defining Environmental Moments (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein/Eve Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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As part of HuffPost's One Year Later series, we're looking back at many of the significant moments since Obama was elected. After 8 years of an admini...

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