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Environmental groups said on Tuesday that US President Barack Obama s plan to combat climate change is long overdue but not enough to reverse a global problem that is outpacing the solutions. HT stanley cup Image Some experts warned it will be an uphill battle to implement the policies Obama announced, using his stanley cup executive powers since US lawmakers are unable to come to agreement on how to preserve the economy while cutting pollution. A key obstacle will be to finalize standards on power plants before Obama leaves office in th stanley cup ree years, and the missing link is a carbon tax to punish polluters and reward greener power endeavors, some experts said. The Center for Biological Diversity described Obama s plan as modest and warned it falls short by failing to set a nationwide pollution cap for carbon dioxide at no greater than 350 parts per million. We re happy to see the president finally addressing climate change but the plain truth is that what he s proposing isn t big enough, and doesn t move fast enough, to match the terrifying magnitude of the climate crisis, said senior counsel Bill Snape. The White House can t punt on hard climate questions, he added, noting that the plans ignores dangers posed by Arctic drilling and fracking for natural gas. Snape also said the plan aims to put the US on the path to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by four percent below 1990 levels by 2020, though that reduction would fall short of US pledges under the Kyoto Protocol and would Cioa India, China s CDM success becomes the world s envy
Sonia Gandhi, president stanley cup of India s ruling Congress party, has felicitated South African freedom fighter Ahmed Kathrada on his 80th birthday. HT Image stanley cup Gandhi on Friday recalled Kathrada s rich contribution to the struggle against apartheid in a message read out by his long-time friend Mosie Moolla, who represented the African National Congress in India during yeezy the apartheid era. We in India have admired your courage of conviction and resolute determination to fight for the dignity and freedom of the people of South Africa, Gandhi said, adding that the noble objective of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation that has been established here to deepen the values of non racialism and promoting the values of rights in the freedom charter is indeed commendable. Kathrada has been a leading voice for over 60 years in South Africa s quest to establish a non-racial society. As celebrations continued countrywide for the past week to mark Kathrada s birthday, Indian Consul-General Navdeep Suri hosted a dinner at his residence for a select group that included Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, who is currently in the country on an official visit. A long time compatriot of global icon Nelson Mandela, Kathrada was sentenced to life imprisonment for treason in the infamous Rivonia trial along with Mandela and four others. He spent over two decades with Mandela at the notorious Robben Island prison. Speaking on the occasion, Sharma saluted the remarkable contribu
Environmental groups said on Tuesday that US President Barack Obama s plan to combat climate change is long overdue but not enough to reverse a global problem that is outpacing the solutions. HT stanley cup Image Some experts warned it will be an uphill battle to implement the policies Obama announced, using his stanley cup executive powers since US lawmakers are unable to come to agreement on how to preserve the economy while cutting pollution. A key obstacle will be to finalize standards on power plants before Obama leaves office in th stanley cup ree years, and the missing link is a carbon tax to punish polluters and reward greener power endeavors, some experts said. The Center for Biological Diversity described Obama s plan as modest and warned it falls short by failing to set a nationwide pollution cap for carbon dioxide at no greater than 350 parts per million. We re happy to see the president finally addressing climate change but the plain truth is that what he s proposing isn t big enough, and doesn t move fast enough, to match the terrifying magnitude of the climate crisis, said senior counsel Bill Snape. The White House can t punt on hard climate questions, he added, noting that the plans ignores dangers posed by Arctic drilling and fracking for natural gas. Snape also said the plan aims to put the US on the path to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by four percent below 1990 levels by 2020, though that reduction would fall short of US pledges under the Kyoto Protocol and would Cioa India, China s CDM success becomes the world s envy
Sonia Gandhi, president stanley cup of India s ruling Congress party, has felicitated South African freedom fighter Ahmed Kathrada on his 80th birthday. HT Image stanley cup Gandhi on Friday recalled Kathrada s rich contribution to the struggle against apartheid in a message read out by his long-time friend Mosie Moolla, who represented the African National Congress in India during yeezy the apartheid era. We in India have admired your courage of conviction and resolute determination to fight for the dignity and freedom of the people of South Africa, Gandhi said, adding that the noble objective of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation that has been established here to deepen the values of non racialism and promoting the values of rights in the freedom charter is indeed commendable. Kathrada has been a leading voice for over 60 years in South Africa s quest to establish a non-racial society. As celebrations continued countrywide for the past week to mark Kathrada s birthday, Indian Consul-General Navdeep Suri hosted a dinner at his residence for a select group that included Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, who is currently in the country on an official visit. A long time compatriot of global icon Nelson Mandela, Kathrada was sentenced to life imprisonment for treason in the infamous Rivonia trial along with Mandela and four others. He spent over two decades with Mandela at the notorious Robben Island prison. Speaking on the occasion, Sharma saluted the remarkable contribu