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Donors Will Flee Obama if Keystone Approved, Says Billionaire Activist
Posted by The Hill: None Given on May 21st, 2013
The Hill: Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, who’s increasingly throwing his weight around in politics, said approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline would create political hurdles for President Obama’s second-term agenda and cost him the support of key donors.
Steyer, a major Democratic fundraiser, told Grist magazine that Keystone opponents have leverage to exert over Obama even though he’s free of having to run for reelection.
“If you look at the people who support Obama, and then you look...
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Comments Off on Donors Will Flee Obama if Keystone Approved, Says Billionaire ActivistKerry Staying ‘Far Away’ From Keystone XL Review—For Now
Posted by The Hill: None Given on April 18th, 2013
The Hill: Secretary of State John Kerry says he isn’t wading into the State Department’s review of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.
At least not yet.
“I am staying as far away from that as I can now so that when the appropriate time comes to me, I am not getting information from any place I shouldn’t be, and I am not getting engaged in the debate at a time that I shouldn’t be,” Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Kerry noted the decision would ultimately come to...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Kerry Staying ‘Far Away’ From Keystone XL Review—For NowMajor report warns climate change could raise temperatures by 10 degrees
Posted by The Hill: None Given on January 12th, 2013
The Hill: A major draft federal report concludes that climate change is already affecting U.S. residents through heat waves, droughts and other changes, and warns that temperatures could increase as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit if global carbon emissions keep soaring.
The third National Climate Assessment, released Friday, said there’s “unambiguous evidence” that earth is warming, and that climate change over the past 50 years is driven primarily by human activity, especially from burning fossil fuels....
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Major report warns climate change could raise temperatures by 10 degreesSweeping intel report sounds alarm on climate threats
Posted by The Hill: None Given on December 10th, 2012
The Hill: A new U.S. intelligence community report finds that climate change will fuel new conflicts and competition for resources in coming decades.
The federal National Intelligence Council’s “Global Trends 2030” report issued Monday follows Defense Department analyses that have similarly called climate change an emerging security risk.
“Demand for food, water, and energy will grow by approximately 35, 40, and 50 percent respectively owing to an increase in the global population and the consumption...
Napolitano on weird weather and climate change: ‘There’s a pattern here’
Posted by The Hill: None Given on July 5th, 2012
The Hill: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this week linked climate change with the wildfires hitting Colorado.
Napolitano said “there’s a pattern here” as she noted the summer wildfires as well as the East Coast heat wave and the high-velocity winds that whipped through the mid-Atlantic late last week. Thousands of people remain without electricity because of the wind storm.
Asked point blank if the wildfires were caused by climate change, Napolitano responded, “It could be a lot of different...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Napolitano on weird weather and climate change: ‘There’s a pattern here’Study: Climate change to increase wildfires
Posted by The Hill: None Given on June 14th, 2012
The Hill: A major new study finds wildfires in the western U.S. are likely to increase because of climate change.
The findings arrive as fires in the West are forcing federal officials to try and boost resources to confront the blazes. New Mexico is fighting the largest fire in its history, while Colorado’s wildfire is among its worst.
President Obama on Wednesday signed legislation to speed up federal contracting for big aerial tankers to fight the wildfires in an effort to provide help to states in...