Senators debut ambitious green bills, as Pope praises Obama's climate strategy

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Pope Francis welcomes Obama's Clean Power Plan, arguing 'climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation'

A group of Democrat Senators have used Pope Francis' visit to the US this week to launch a renewed push to overhaul US and energy policy in a bid to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this week,...

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