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Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now

2013-06-16 09:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: President Barack Obama has vowed to tackle climate change in his second term, but so far has not acted to strengthen a tool that does not require backing from Congress - the National Environmental Policy Act. NEPA, a statute that dates to the Nixon administration, calls on officials to weigh whether projects such as highways, dams or oil drilling could harm the environment. While it does not have the power to block development, NEPA forces officials to consider the environment before approving...

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