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Obama: No ‘Greater Threat’ Climate Change
Posted by US News: Alan Neuhauser on January 21st, 2015
US News: In remarks that spanned economic growth to income inequality, the Sept. 11 attacks at the start of the century to new partnerships abroad, President Barack Obama declared global warming the most profound danger to the future of the union.
“No challenge – no challenge – poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change,” Obama said in his sixth State of the Union address Tuesday night. “2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does:...
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EPA setting its sights on methane
Posted by US News: Alan Neuhauser on September 5th, 2014
US News: The Environmental Protection Agency may be turning an eye toward curtailing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said this week.
“What is a methane strategy for oil and gas that we can embrace?” McCarthy said Tuesday during a forum in New York City hosted by Barclays. “Methane isn’t a waste – it’s a wasted opportunity when it leaks.”
Increasing amounts of methane have escaped into the atmosphere over the past decade,...