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Obama Seeks International Climate Accord Without Congressional Approval

2014-08-27 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: The Obama administration is aiming to forge a legally binding, international agreement that would cut fossil fuel emissions and direct funds to poor nations dealing with climate change, without ratification from Congress, The New York Times reports. The agreement would combine legally binding updates to an existing 1992 climate change treaty -- allowing Obama to sidestep the constitutional requirement that treaties be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate -- with voluntary pledges for specific emissions...

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