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U.S. Senator Barack Obama today released the following statement following the Senate’s votes on the Consumer First Energy Act (S. 3044) and the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (H.R. 6049). Both measures were blocked today.”Today, Senate Republicans turned a blind eye to the plight of America’s working families and our nation’s worsening dependence on […]

It looks like the two major candidates for the presidency this fall will both have fighting global warming as one of their goals for their administration if they are elected.
That is hardly surprising from the Democratic side of the ticket, which is likely to be filled by Senator Barack Obama. He has indicated that global […]

Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are walking a delicate line as they promise to aggressively tackle global warming while trying to assure voters that they continue to believe in the future of coal.In states like Pennsylvania, where voters will cast ballots this Tuesday, and in West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Montana - upcoming primary […]

The next U.S. president should signal a shift in global warming policies before taking office to help a U.N. meeting in Poland in December take steps to work out a new climate treaty, Poland said on Wednesday.Under President George W. Bush, the United States is the only rich nation opposed to the U.N.’s Kyoto Protocol […]

Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday he would give Al Gore, a Nobel prize winner, a major role in an Obama administration to address the problem of global warming.At a town-hall meeting, Obama was asked if he would tap the former vice president for his Cabinet to handle global warming.
“I would,” Obama said. “Not only will […]