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Obama bids goodbye to Presidency with rousing call for climate action

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 11 January 2017 •
Obama bids goodbye to Presidency with rousing call for climate action

US President praises progress on clean energy, but says bolder action is needed to save world from worst effects of climate change

Outgoing US President Barack Obama has issued an urgent plea for bolder action to tackle climate change, warning climate deniers are "betraying" both future generations and the spirit of the nation by...

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