For President Obama, the battle over climate change has grown into a two-front war. Internationally, he is poised for a breakthrough at the next global conference on climate change, which will convene in Paris in November. Domestically, his initiatives are facing unrelenting resistance from Republicans and some red-state Democrats that will extend beyond his presidency.
These diverging dynamics have reframed the political struggle over the leading environmental debate of our time. CONT.
Ronald Brownstein, National Journal