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Obama Global Warming

Will Wrigley

Hurricane Sandy Survivors Demand Climate Change Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Wrigley | Posted 02.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Hurricane Sandy survivors and environmental advocates met in front of the White House on Monday to demand action from President Barack O...

Obama Urged To Use Broad Powers To Act On Climate Change

Reuters | Posted 03.27.2013 | Green

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Several Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to use his b...

Handicapping Obama's Second Term Agenda

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Obama, like all second-term presidents, will only have a short window of time to push his issues. Which is why he is right to push his agenda immediately, as evidenced by his inaugural speech. However, while Obama has a lot of political capital right now, that could easily change soon.

Luke Johnson

Unlikely Solution Could Be Part Of Bold Obama Promise

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON--Speaking before a crowd of an estimated 1 million people on the National Mall Monday, President Barack Obama made a bold promise in his se...

Will Climate Change Get Cold Shoulder?

Posted 01.20.2013 | Green

By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer: As President Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office for the second time, he has promised...

With High Hopes For The Future: Obama's Moral Imperative To Address Climate Change

Carter Roberts | Posted 03.19.2013 | Politics
Carter Roberts

I wager that, like Lincoln, President Obama will be remembered most for what he does to address the existential threat that history has presented on his watch: the breakdown of our planet's natural systems upon which all life depends, and specifically human-caused climate change.

Tom Zeller Jr.

The Road Forward: Obama On Environment Faces High Expectations, High Hurdles, In Second Term

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 01.24.2013 | Green

On the night of his re-election, President Barack Obama described grand ambitions for his second term, including a desire to bequeath to future genera...

Obama Versus Physics

Bill McKibben | Posted 03.09.2013 | Green
Bill McKibben

It's not a fight, like education reform or abortion or gay marriage, between conflicting groups with conflicting opinions. We're talking about a fight between human beings and physics. And physics is entirely uninterested in human timetables.

After Sandy, Will U.S. Finally Lead On Climate Change?

AP | KARL RITTER | Posted 01.24.2013 | Green

DOHA, Qatar — During a year with a monster storm and scorching heat waves, Americans have experienced the kind of freakish weather that many sci...

With New Environmental Gusto, Will Obama Pull His Weight During U.N. Climate Talks?

AP | Posted 01.15.2013 | Green

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The European Union's climate commissioner says she hopes that President Barack Obama's renewed attention to global warming after th...

Obama Says He Might Hold Off on Climate Change Commitment

Kevin Grandia | Posted 01.15.2013 | Green
Kevin Grandia

Time will tell whether Obama stays true to his word, but it sure as heck isn't a good sign that the President already appears to be waffling on an issue that just eight days ago he spoke so passionately about.

Tom Zeller Jr.

Obama Victory, East Coast Megastorm Raise Hopes For Bolder Climate Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 11.07.2012 | Green

With President Barack Obama's reelection victory unfolding against the backdrop of an East Coast brought to its knees by last week's historically viol...

Obama: 'Climate Change Is Not A Hoax'

Posted 09.07.2012 | Green

"Climate change is not a hoax," President Obama declared to a cheering crowd on Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention. Obama's decl...

Obama, Romney Spar Over Climate, Other Science Issues In Online Debate

Shawn Lawrence Otto | Posted 11.06.2012 | Science
Shawn Lawrence Otto

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have answered 14 Top American Science Questions put to them by ScienceDebate.org. The candidates' answers provide valuable insight into their positions on issues that, while among the most important facing the country, usually get short shrift on the campaign trail.

Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney?

Michael T. Klare | Posted 08.21.2012 | Politics
Michael T. Klare

As recent events have demonstrated, Obama's energy policies globally bear an eerie likeness to Cheney's, especially in the way he has engaged in the geopolitics of oil as part of an American global struggle for future dominance among the major powers.

Congress Passes a Budget That Invests in International Efforts to Curb Global Warming (But Still Not Enough)

Jake Schmidt | Posted 06.19.2011 | Green
Jake Schmidt

The long drama of whether or not the US Congress would invest in international efforts to curb global warming pollution or gut these investments is finally over. There is good, OK and bad news.

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

Tribune | Peter Nicholas | Posted 06.17.2011 | Politics

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

Obama Drops Cap-And-Trade, Just "One Way Of Skinning That Cat"

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he will look for ways to control global warming other than placing a ceiling on greenhouse ga...

We're Hot as Hell and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore

Bill McKibben | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Bill McKibben

For many years, the lobbying fight for climate legislation on Capitol Hill has been led by a collection of the most corporate and moderate environmental groups. The result: total defeat, no moral victories. The time has come to get mad, and then to get busy.

Obama's July 3rd Weekly Address Fittingly Focuses on Clean Energy

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Kevin Grandia

President Obama used the occasion of his most recent weekly address to announce that the Department of Energy would make a $2 billion investment in two new massive solar energy projects.

Think Again: A Hard Week on the Planet

Eric Alterman | Posted 02.18.2010 | Media
Eric Alterman

The climate is not cooling, but environmentalists are when it comes to their hopes for an environmental presidency.

Obama Hobbled By Congress In Fight Against Global Warming

The New York Times | John M. Broder | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

President Obama came into office pledging to end eight years of American inaction on climate change under President George W. Bush, and all year he ha...

Climategate Is a Smokescreen

Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Devra Davis, Ph.D.

Amidst the stolen email hoopla, one thing remains resoundingly clear: the manufactured scandal is part of a decades-long effort by special interests to discredit the work of climate scientists.

Where Science and Politics Intersect: Time to Win in Congress on Climate Change

Margie Alt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Margie Alt

We have precious little time to deal with global warming before global warming deals with us. And the Senate Environment and Public Works bill is actually a good beginning.

Add a Gigawatt a Day to Keep the Climate Crisis at Bay

Steve Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Steve Kirsch

If we think we're going to make the goal from solar, wind, and other renewables alone, we must be smoking something. Every clean power technology, including nuclear, has to play a role.