OBAMA ADMIN CREATES OPEN CLIMATE DATA SOURCE
White House announces new climate change data website
Neela Bannerjee, March 19, 2014 (LA Times)
"As part of its campaign to step up efforts to address climate change, the White House…[created] a new website to serve as a one-stop location for the enormous amount of climate data housed at different federal agencies…to make the information more accessible to communities, researchers and industries trying to adapt to global warming…President Obama [pledged] last June to use his executive authority to address the causes and effects of climate change in light of congressional inaction…[T]he Environmental Protection Agency in September proposed rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants…NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are spearheading the new Climate Data Initiative…[With contributions from Google, Microsoft, and Intel, the site will] eventually provide information about the effects of climate change on the food supply, public health and energy sources… House has rolled out climate change initiatives at a rapid clip…” click here for more
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