When President Barack Obama presented his budget proposal to Congress, totaling $3.6 trillion in spending, he promised that it would fund new investments in healthcare, energy independence and education, among a host of other initiatives. Even so, his budget doesn’t automatically become law; both the House and Senate have the opportunity to debate and modify it before enacting it. 
 
Aside from the numerous economic and domestically aimed initiatives laid out in the budget, one of the most ambitious and controversial is Obama’s plan to address global climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions with an emphasis on ...