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The US Just Became a Global Leader in Fighting Climate Change
2013-07-01 12:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: The U.S. had failed to be a world leader in fighting global warming--until this week. President Obamas new climate-change plan, which he unfurled at a speech at Georgetown University, is a messy, second-best affair. It comes only after he failed to move an economy-wide climate-change bill through Congress, and, at its core, the plan relies on a top-down executive mandate to force cuts of carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants. It will face legal challenges, cost jobs in coal country, and...
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