WP: Obama pledges sweeping climate change legislation

WASHINGTON POST, 6/2/2010 by Michael D. Sheer - PITTSBURGH -- President Obama on Wednesday promised to find the votes for comprehensive climate change legislation in the "coming months," saying the case for putting a price on the nation's addiction to carbon has been made clear by the environmental catastrophe unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. ∴ In a speech at Carnegie Mellon University released by the White House, the president repeated his intentions to roll back billions of dollars in tax breaks on big oil companies, tap natural gas reserves as an alternative to oil, and increase reliance on nuclear power. Read more at the Washington Post...