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Obama-Graham partnership emerges in climate debate

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - It's rare when a conservative Republican in Congress heaps praise on President Barack Obama, especially in regards to fighting global warming, but Senator Lindsey Graham did just that on Wednesday.

Obama pushes senators for climate bill

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year.

Obama Mounts a Last-Ditch Attempt to Pass a ‘Hybrid’ Climate and Energy Bill

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

The White House is mounting a last-ditch effort to piece together an energy and climate change bill that has enough incentives for nuclear power, natural gas and the coal industry to muster the votes needed to pass it this year.

As Energy Initiatives Stall on Hill, Obama Reshapes Regulatory Landscape

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

President Obama has copied the page from his predecessor's playbook on how to push an energy and environment agenda.

Environmental Advocates Are Cooling on Obama

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

WASHINGTON — There has been no more reliable cheerleader for President Obama’s energy and climate change policies than Daniel J. Weiss of the left-leaning Center for American Progress.

Administration Presses On for a ‘Cap’ on Carbon Emissions

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The Obama administration's top climate adviser strongly defended a cap on emissions a day after the president suggested Congress might move an energy bill without such a cap in place.

U.S. Chamber Urges Obama, Congress to Rethink Climate Push

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue urged Washington lawmakers today to rethink proposed climate regulations and other policies that he charged would raise costs for businesses and slow recovery from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Obama faces tough fight in Senate to deliver on climate pledges made overseas

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

By brokering a climate deal in Copenhagen a week ago, President Obama has committed himself to a more daunting task: pushing for comprehensive climate legislation in the Senate next year.

Text of Obama’s remarks at UN climate conference

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Friday at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen:

On environment, Obama and scientists take hit in poll

Friday, December 18th, 2009

As President Obama arrives in Copenhagen hoping to seal an elusive deal on climate change, his approval rating on dealing with global warming has crumbled at home and there is broad opposition to spending taxpayer money to encourage developing nations to curtail their energy use, according to a new Washington ...