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Obama Vows To Fight For Climate Policies In State Of The Union But What He Didnt Mention Was Just As Telling

Obama Vows To Fight For Climate Policies In State Of The Union But What He Didnt Mention Was Just As Telling

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President Barack Obama could not have signaled more clearly in his 2015 State of the Union address that he intends to fight for his legacy on climate change in the face of a hostile, anti-science GOP-led House and Senate.

But it was what the President didn’t mention that could negate his climate legacy: free trade deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership that undermine local efforts to lower emissions, projects like Keystone XL that lock us into decades of continued dirty energy use, and the exporting of American-made coal, crude oil and natural gas to overseas markets.

Obama Vows To Fight For Climate Policies In State Of The Union But What He Didn’t Mention Was Just As Telling

-DeSmogBlog 1/21/2015