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Perspective

May 22, 2009

Going the Extra Mile

With its newly unveiled emissions restrictions, the Obama administration proved it's serious about environmental policymaking even in the face of a bleak economy, writes Cara Horowitz.

By Cara Horowitz

Did you feel the earthquake on Sunday night?

Not the one rattling windows in the Southland, the one shifting alliances and breaking ground across the nation.

In a deal brokered, reportedly after months of work, late Sunday by the Obama administration, the federal government will set its first-ever binding limits on the greenhouse gases that are causing global warming and other forms of climate change. The lim...

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