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After President Barack Obama touted record-low gasoline prices during his tenure in his State of the Union address Tuesday, he quickly promised to make energy more expensive for Americans by making oil and coal "reflect the costs" of global warming. "Now we've got to accelerate the transition away from dirty energy," Obama said. "Rather than subsidize the past, we should invest in the future – especially in communities that rely on fossil fuels."https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_obama_sotu_2016.jpg