“Shipping dirtier crude oil into our country would not increase America’s energy security,” the president said in a statement delivered at the White House.
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Obama To U.S. Women’s Soccer Team: ‘Playing Like A Girl Means You’re A Badass’
When the World Cup champions visited the White House, Obama praised the team for changing stereotypes of women and girls in sports, and for inspiring “millions of boys to look at girls differently.”
New Dietary Guidelines Will Not Include Sustainability Goal
A government-appointed panel wanted the federal government’s 2015 nutrition advice to consider a food’s environmental impact. But the cabinet secretaries with final authority say it won’t happen.
Obama To Nominate First Openly Gay Military Service Secretary
Eric Fanning is President Obama’s choice to lead the Army, which could make him the first openly gay secretary of one of the military branches.
Jewell says ‘Keep It in the Ground’ movement simplistic, country too reliant on fossil fuels
A recently published report says burning all the world’s currently attainable fossil fuels would melt the Antarctic ice sheet, putting places such as Florida and the East Coast under water.
5 Skills President Obama Will Need To Survive A Day With Bear Grylls
While in Alaska, President Obama will be a guest on a survival show that takes celebrities into the wilderness to eat mice, rappel off cliffs and more.