FINANCIAL TIMES: [U. S. President] Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline only if it did not “significantly exacerbate” climate change, as he made his most impassioned call in years to put global warming at the top of the international agenda…
In a widely touted speech, the US president laid out a three-part plan to deal with climate change using the power of his office, defying congressional inaction on the issue…
He outlined a strategy to cut the US’s carbon pollution by reducing emissions from coal-fired power plants; to prepare the US for the impact of climate change, such as the superstorm that ravaged the New Jersey coastline last year; and to lead the world by example in combating the changing climate… (more)
