New York Times: The Obama administration holds several potential trump cards if Congress ultimately deadlocks over climate legislation, current and former officials said yesterday. They cited existing powers of the federal government to push forward parts of the climate and clean energy agendas on its own. A large and obvious stick in the closet is U.S. EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. EPA is completing an “endangerment finding” that serves as a basis for …