Obama's Clean Power Plan - a strong sign that the tide is turning in the effort to tackle climate change

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President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan offers concrete evidence that the US is serious about getting to grips with its greenhouse gas pollution. Unveiled to great media fanfare at the White House, the...

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