2014 Brought Lasting Action On Climate Change Policy
by The Daily Eye Team January 3 2015, 11:20 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 43 secsSome of the stories that gripped our attention in 2014 will probably be forgotten in a few years ? if not a few weeks. But there's one story that President Obama argues we'll be living with for decades to come. "There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other. And that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate," he said in September, addressing the United Nations Climate Change Summit. Even as Obama struggled with other big challenges this year, climate was one area where he managed to get some traction. As the threat of a changing climate became more obvious and immediate, governments here and around the world began to respond. In June, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new rules governing power plants ? the No. 1 source of greenhouse gases in the U.S.