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President Obama is asking the private sector to tighten building standards to reduce losses from natural disasters after studies linked an increase in extreme weather to climate change.
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday will veto legislation that would clear the way for the Keystone XL pipeline, his spokesman said, while not ruling out eventual White House approval of the project.
More than half the U.S. population lives in coastal areas that are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which will ripple throughout the U.S. economy, a White House advisory groups report concluded.
