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November 7, 2012

Obama Finally Talks Climate. Now What?

Brad Plumer, Washington Post


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“We want our kids to grow up in an America… that isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.” That was the president in his acceptance speech Tuesday night. Now that Obama has won reelection, apparently, he feels free to talk about climate change — a topic notably absent during the campaign. Now what does he actually plan to do about it?

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TAGGED: natural gas, wind energy, greenhouse gases, climate change, President Obama

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