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NYTimes: Laurence Tribe Fights Climate Case Against Star Pupil From Harvard, President Obama
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/07/us/laurence-tribe-fights-climate-case-against-star-pupil-from-harvard-president-obama.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share The liberal legal scholar Laurence H. Tribe, who taught Barack Obama at Harvard, represents the coal company Peabody Energy in its challenge to E.P.A. rules.
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