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Obama at G-8: fragile consensus
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Mark Silva ROME -- As President Barack Obama arrived in Italy today for a summit of the Group of Eight industrial nations, aides voiced confidence that leaders will maintain their support for economic stimulus strategies in......Tags: Weather, Alternative Energy, Global Warming, G8, White House
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Climate change: Developing nations balk
The Swampby Christi Parsons and Jim Tankersley L'AQUILA, Italy -- Developing nations led by China and India refused Wednesday to back lofty but long-term targets proposed by the Group of 8 industrial nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions, balking at reluctance.....Tags: Weather, Weather Statistics, Global Warming, Bill Clinton, United Nations
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Cap-and-trade for $1 a day
The Swampby Lisa Mascaro Hours before President Obama is to address the nation about the oil spill in the Gulf, the administration released an analysis of a Senate cap-and-trade bill showing such a system would cost less than $1 a day......Tags: Democratic Party, Weather, Regional Authority, Laws, Emergency Incidents
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Obama and Medvedev: Russian revival?
The Swampby Mark Silva It may not be the "reset button'' that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented her Russian counterpart earlier this year - a symbol of the need to start over again in relations between the United States and......Tags: United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice, Hillary Clinton, Symbols and Symbolism, Foreign Exchange Market
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Obama on racial matters: 'Door still open'
The SwampPresident Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan and travelling through Ghana today, was asked what Africa means to him - "Is it half of you?'' "Well, no, I don't think it would be fair to say it was half,''......Tags: Human Body, London (England), National or Ethnic Minorities, National Security, Armed Forces
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Obama's 'czars:' Bull's-eyes for critics
The Swampby Mark Silva President Obama is dancing with the czars, the way some of his critics would have it. And those critics have grown louder and louder lately, complaining about not only the president's alleged "socialist'' health-care plans, but also......Tags: White House, Al Capone, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Glenn Beck, National Government
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Take 2: Obama's energy bill pitch to supporters
The Swampby Lisa Mascaro After his Oval Office address was largely panned by pundits, President Obama took his push for energy legislation directly to supporters today in a video message reiterating his pledge to round up the votes needed to pass......Tags: Weather, Laws, Elections, Alternative Energy, Conservation
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Obama to U.N.: 'Climate threat' grave
The Swampby Christi Parsons and updated NEW YORK -- President Obama this morning issued an appeal to world leaders to help avert "an irreversible catastrophe" in the earth's climate, accepting a portion of blame for global warming on behalf of the......Tags: Global Warming, Carol Browner, United Nations, Energy, Copenhagen (Denmark)
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Bill Clinton: 'Shocked' if no health care
The Swampby Mark Silva Bill Clinton, who failed to win the health-care reforms that he sought early in his presidency, says he will be "shocked'' if President Barack Obama fails at the health-care initiative that he is seekng early in his......Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Crime, Law and Justice, Matt Damon, Charity, North Korea
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Obama: Nobel Prize for Peace
The SwampBy Mark Silva updated at 11:45 am, 2 and 3:45 pm EDT President Barack Obama, who has pledged to place diplomacy ahead of confrontation and reached out to a skeptical world with offers of mutual understanding, was awarded the Nobel......Tags: Awards and Prizes, United Nations, Los Angeles Times, George W. Bush, Wars and Interventions
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Off-shore drilling hazardous: U.S. experts
The Swampby Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer The federal government's top ocean scientists are urging the Interior Department to drastically reduce plans to open the coast to offshore oil and gas drilling, citing threats to marine life and potentially devastating...Tags: Natural Resources, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Seafood and Fishing Industry, Energy Resources, George W. Bush
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Cap and trade costly, inaction costlier?
The Swampby Mark Silva Will the "cap and trade'' legislation that the House has passed and the Senate is weighing cost people money? "Yes sir,'' says one of the Senate sponsors, Sen. John Kerry. The cost of inaction, he says, is......Tags: Democratic Party, Weather, Laws, Alternative Energy, Global Warming
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