INQUIRER.net: We need to act on climate change—Obama

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We need to act on climate change—Obama Jun 26th 2013, 01:18 WASHINGTON—US President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out a broad new plan to fight climate change, using executive powers to get around "flat earth" science deniers who have blocked action in Congress.   Obama called for new restrictions on existing and new power plants to curb carbon emissions, pledged to push new generation clean energy sources and to lead a fresh global effort to stem global warming.   Officials said the plan would allow the United States to meet a goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, a pledge Obama made at the inconclusive Copenhagen summit in 2009.   Obama argued that Americans acros... Keep on reading: We need to act on climate change—Obama Media files: obama-climate-change.jpg (image/jpeg)

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