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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:38 PM

Published 06/27/2009 by Telegraph


Obama clears major global warming hurdle

President Barack Obama has cleared a major hurdle in getting the US to tackle global warming after Congress passed a sweeping bill to transform America's use and production of energy. It is the first major action by the US to address climate change.

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...quickly, "so that we can say, at long last, that this was the moment when we decided to confront America's energy challenge and reclaim America's future." It took personal pleas...
Obama clears major global warming hurdle [Telegraph - 06/27/2009]
...said the bill "is the equivalent to a light switch tax - if this bill becomes law, Americans will pay higher taxes every time we turn on our lights."
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