Green groups: Obama not doing enough on climate

By DINA CAPPIELLOMATTHEW DALY

Published January 31, 2014 9:34am ET

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Green groups: Obama not doing enough on climate — FILE - This Feb. 13, 2013 file photo shows Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune being arrested outside the White House in Washington, as prominent environmental leaders tied themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline. President Barack Obama is sticking to a fossil-fuel dependent energy policy, delivering a blow to a monthslong, behind-the-scenes effort by nearly every major environmental group to convince the White House that the policy is at odds with his goals on global warming. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File) | Ann Heisenfelt

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is fending off repeated protests by some of President Barack Obama’s top environmental allies that his climate strategy won’t work.

The heads of 18 environmental groups went public recently with a long-simmering complaint: Obama’s support of expanded oil and gas production doesn’t make sense for a president who wants to reduce global warming pollution.

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