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Environment News tagged with obama

Alaska Weighs in on New Federal Oceans Policy
Environment  (tags: environment, habitatdestruction, oceans, politics, obama )

Cal
- 92 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
With the world's oceans facing mounting threats from pollution, climate change and overfishing, the Obama administration held the first of several public hearings intended to help it draft a coordinated policy for managing the health of the seas.
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Obama's EPA Plans Fewer Toxic Cleanups
Environment  (tags: pollution, politics, Obama, obama, destruction, environment, habitat, humans )

Cal
- 104 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Critics say administration using same excuses as the Bush White House
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President Obama Challenged to Stop Global Warming‏ ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, protection, Greenpeace, Mount Rushmore, Obama, globalwarming, habitat, wildlife, humans )

Cher
- 137 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
I'm hanging from Mount Rushmore, writing to you from my cell phone! If you tune in right now you can see live streaming video of me and the other Greenpeace climbers, and see the banner we just hung.
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Victory on Climate Change Boosts President's Position
Environment  (tags: politics, climate-change, obama, government )

Cal
- 147 days ago - guardian.co.uk
The epic battle over universal health care is still to be fought, but Barack Obama moved to capitalise on a defining moment of his presidency yesterday - a vote in Congress to act on global warming - saying the time had arrived for America to show interna
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Climate Bill Showdown: Obama, Dems Pressing Hard
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, environment, globalwarming, obama, democrats )

Dana
- 152 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama pushed urgently Thursday for passage of legislation to confront global warming, billing it as a job-creating machine rather than the costly "job killer" Republicans denounced.
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Ninety-Four Year Old West Virginia Congressman Arrested For Protesting Big Coal
Environment  (tags: obama, government, laws, coal, mining, mountaintop, removal, environment, nature, ecosystems, destruction, habitat, pollution, humans, wildlife, water, trees, politics, forests, massey, energy, conservation, animals, protest, Daryl, Hannah, arrested )

Tom
- 154 days ago - alternet.org
In the face of recent Obama administration actions to regulate, not abolish, mountaintop removal, which has wiped out 500 mountains and destroyed historic communities, the action launched a yearlong national campaign to bring mountaintop removal to end.
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Environmentalists Baffled By Obama's Strategy
Environment  (tags: environment, obama, politics, habitatdestruction, conservation )

Cal
- 155 days ago - latimes.com
The administration is defending in court environmental measures that the president once vowed to roll back. Officials say it is part of a long-term plan, but critics see it as backpedaling.
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Siogn Petition: Urge Interior Secretary Salazar to Prohibit Mining Near the Grand Canyon
Environment  (tags: environment, water, animals, mining, grand, canyon, toxic, poison, pollution, humans, habitat, nature, wildlife, protection, ecosystems, conservation, government, obama, disease, risks, safety, business, americans )

Tom
- 182 days ago - change.org
Mining near the Grand Canyon will not only threaten one of our greatest national treasures, but will also threaten the Colorado River that flows through the Canyon. The river provides drinking water for 25 million Americans.
25 comments
Sign Petition: Send a Message to Save America's Arctic!
Environment  (tags: environment, wildlife, animals, polar, bears, arctic, refuge, oil, drilling, pollution, globalwarming, habitat, destruction, CO2emissions, climatechange, ecosystems, nature, conservation, government, politics, palin, obama, salazar )

Tom
- 183 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
In the wake of last summer's sky-high oil prices, Big Oil is escalating its campaign to open America's prime Arctic wildlands - including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Western Arctic Reserve and the Polar Bear Seas - to massive oil development.
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New U.S. Wilderness System: Photos10 National Parks to See Before You Die
Environment  (tags: politics, obama, National Parks, Photos )

Jollygirl
- 224 days ago - thedailygreen.com
President Obama signs omnibus lands bill, protecting 2 million acres of American wilderness, including the National Landscape Conservation System. Take a tour in photos.
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Please Work to Protect and Restore the World's Oceans.Obama's Ocean To-Do List ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: oceans, Obama, protection, environment, nature, water, animals, wildlife )

Cher
- 225 days ago - animalrights.change.org
In the past, President Obama has been a friend of the oceans. As an Illinois Senator, he was the sponsor of a bill that would have required chlorine factories to switch to mercury-free technology, which was designed to reduce harmful mercury
12 comments
Take Action: Remember The Exxon Valdez!
Environment  (tags: exxon, valdez, oil, obama, politics, whales, environment, nature, ecosystems, habitat, destruction, wildlife, suffering, protection, endangered, pollution, humans, conservation, CO2emissions, climate-change, energy, government, oceans, birds )

Tom
- 231 days ago - tinyurl.com
Urge the Obama administration to heed the lessons of the Exxon Valdez and remove Alaska's sensitive, wildlife-rich waters from an offshore drilling plan. Remove the Beaufort and Chukchi seas and Bristol Bay from the 5-year plan and save the whales!
21 comments
Obama Pledges US Lead on Climate Change
Environment  (tags: climate-change, environment, Obama, USA, protection )

Cher
- 232 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama says the United States is ready to take the lead in tackling climate change, as EU leaders push him to follow their ambitious targets to combat global warming.
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Help STOP the ARCTIC OCEAN MULTI-SALE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: americans, culture, society, death, ethics, government, interesting, rights, politics, lies, obama, ethics, animals, conservation, destruction, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, pollution, protection, water, wildlife )

Kat
- 240 days ago - mynewsletterbuilder.com
Alaska Native coastal communities need your support. Please submit a comment to the Minerals Management Service by the deadline of March 30, 2009 on the ARCTIC OCEAN MULTI-SALE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PLEASE TAKE ACTION!
19 comments
Barack Obama May Delay Signing Up to Copenhagen Climate Change Deal
Environment  (tags: obama, politics, climate-change, climatechange, globalwarming, climate, government, environment )

Cal
- 242 days ago - businessgreen.com
Senior figures warn that the president may need at least another six months to win domestic support for any proposal
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