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whitehouse.gov - June 25, 2013

Transcript - Obama Speech on the President's Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution—June 25, 2013

washingtonpost.com - by Associated Press - June 25, 2013

Obama opens climate change drive, bypassing Congress and urging action ‘before it’s too late’

WASHINGTON — Appealing for courageous action “before it’s too late,” President Barack Obama launched a major second-term drive Tuesday to combat climate change and secure a safer planet, bypassing Congress as he sought to set a cornerstone of his legacy.

Abandoning his suit jacket under a sweltering sun at Georgetown University, Obama issued a dire warning about the environment: Temperatures are rising, sea level is climbing, the Arctic ice is melting and the world is doing far too little to stop it. Obama said the price for inaction includes lost lives and homes and hundreds of billions of dollars.

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