Obama’s Climate Deal Leaves Blue-Collar, Rural Voters Out in the Cold

Their real victory was winning applause from the United Nations for Obama’s go-it-alone carbon regulations without triggering an immediate political disaster back here at home

Simon Lomax, --January 5, 2016

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The past few weeks have been a remarkable time in environmental politics. Green groups have joined President Barack Obama in celebrating the global climate agreement reached in Paris, even though U.S. officials say none of the carbon reductions in the Dec. 12 deal are binding.
Remember, environmental groups have been campaigning for decades to drag the United States into legally binding carbon-reduction agreements that would be enforced by the United Nations. But now, groups like Earthjustice and the Sierra Club are toasting non-binding numbers on a page as a historic victory. What gives? More...

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