Obama’s Strategy on Climate Change, Part of Global Deal, Is Revealed - NYTimes.com
"...Mr. Obama’s new blueprint brings together several domestic initiatives that were already in the works, including freezing construction of new coal fired power plants, increasing the fuel economy of vehicles and plugging methane leaks from oil and gas production.
It is meant to describe how the United States will lead by example and meet its pledge for cutting emissions.
But the plan’s reliance on executive authority is an acknowledgment that any proposal to pass climate change legislation would be blocked by the Republican controlled Congress..."
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