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Perspective

Apr. 3, 2009

Using Laws of the Land, for the Land

The Obama administration should use every weapon in its arsenal - including existing laws - to fight climate change.

INSIGHT COLUMN

By Kassie Siegel

It has been clear for many years that deep reductions in greenhouse emissions are necessary to avert truly catastrophic climate impacts for society and the planet, yet to date the federal government has failed to act. The great irony of this is that existing laws confer broad authority for the comprehensive, effective and efficient regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, if only they were enforced. The Obama administration, like...

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