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Obama on climate change: There is no Congress
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Magazine: There is a very fortunate irony about President Obama's second term. He has to deal with a Congress barely capable of keeping the government's lights on, let alone crafting rational laws, and totally unable to handle any number of policy crises. Yet, on the single most urgent issue facing the country (and the world), climate change, Obama doesn't need Congress at all. The contrast between those two facts -- the awesome urgency of climate change, and Congress's inability to tackle even the simplest...
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