Climate Central: President Barack Obama said Tuesday night that he will use his executive powers to enact new policies to fight climate change if Congress does not address the issue.
In his fourth State of the Union address, and his first since winning re-election, Obama linked climate change to recent extreme weather events to make his case.
"For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change," he said. "No single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years...