Obama's endangered species ruling could allow climate legal action

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President Obama orders review of Bush-era changes to the Endangered Species Act designed to head off legal action against carbon-intensive industries

President Obama took another step towards regulating carbon this week, calling on agency officials to review changes to the Endangered Species Act imposed during the last months of the Bush adminstration...

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