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The Trump administration will propose repealing former President Barack Obama’s signature plan for combating climate change by asserting that its expansive approach to addressing carbon emissions exceeds legal limits, according … Click to Continue »
Read More »Senate fails to kill Obama methane rule that had looked doomed
Some Republican lawmakers balked at fully embracing the Trump administration’s climate skepticism Wednesday, as the Senate failed to kill an Obama-era plan for containing methane emissions that had deep support … Click to Continue »
Read More »They’re serving 20 years for running a pot dispensary. Will Obama grant them clemency?
By 2006, former high school football teammates Luke Scarmazzo and Ricardo Montes were living an unimaginable dream in an unlikely setting. Two years before in Modesto, the conservative Central Valley … Click to Continue »
Read More »Obama says Paris deal to limit carbon pollution will take effect
The Paris climate accord negotiated last year has been ratified by enough countries to go into force, a step that will help reduce worldwide carbon pollution and stave off global … Click to Continue »
Read More »Sunday with the president: Obama wraps up stay in Yosemite
A timeline of the first family’s last day in the park Obamas take one more hike, presumably up Mist Trail Air Force One lifts off from Castle Airport in Atwater, carrying first family back to Washington D.C. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Saturday in Yosemite: Obama starts day with a workout
Developing timeline of first family’s visit to Yosemite National Park President will speak Saturday about national parks’ anniversary Michelle Obama plans to ‘hike all over the park as much as we can’ … Click to Continue »
Read More »Yosemite welcomes Obama, the first family
President has long wanted to see Yosemite Crowds greet first family Major speech Saturday focuses on preserving parks … Click to Continue »
Read More »President Obama, family touch down in Atwater
President Barack Obama and his family flew into Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, Calif., on Friday, June 17, 2016. They then took their helicopter for the start of a family vacation in Yosemite National Park. (Erin Tracy/etracy@modbee.com) … Click to Continue »
Read More »Obama family touches down in Merced County
The first family spent a few minutes at Castle airfield before heading to Yosemite Rep. Jim Costa, Supervisor Hub Walsh greeted the Obamas Yosemite visit is the first by a sitting president since JFK’s 1962 trip … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater’s Castle Airport prepares for Obama family’s pit stop
President and family are en route to Yosemite National Park Officials wouldn’t talk about preparations on site It’s the president’s second visit to Merced County … Click to Continue »
Read More »Obama pushes Indian prime minister on climate change
WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took steps Tuesday toward a tougher alliance against climate change, though at a more tentative pace than White House aides might like as Obama seeks to secure a key legacy item before he leaves office. … Click to Continue »
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