National Geographic: In a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, President Barack Obama outlined a long-awaited executive strategy--comprised mostly of initiatives already underway--to curb greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.
As a president, as a father and as an American, Im here to say, We need to act, Obama said. I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet thats beyond fixing.
The plan includes measures previously speculated to be a part of the...