Obama demands action to tackle "a warming planet"

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"We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories"

President Obama delivered some broad promises for environmentalists and green businesses in his inauguration speech yesterday, referring to the challenge presented by global warming and explicitly highlighting...

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