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OBAMA 2.O / ENVIRONMENT
lection of conservation groups
and climate activists have argued
that the president was walking
an equivocal line at best, championing emissions reductions,
for example, while also embracing expanded oil and gas drilling,
including in the delicate Arctic,
and continuing his support for
so-called clean coal technology,
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which many environmentalists
consider an oxymoron.
To be sure, the Obama administration introduced several inarguably historic emissions-reduction
measures over the course of its first
term, including tough new fuelefficiency standards for vehicles
and emissions limits on new power
plants — both promulgated through
the regulatory authority of the Environmental Protection Agency,
rather than by act of Congress.
New York
City Mayor
Michael
Bloomberg
(center)
views a map
with Pres.
Obama during
an aerial
tour to view
damage from
Hurricane
Sandy.