Obama on Climate: Is He Even Trying?

For those of us who care desperately about the climate, President Obama’s speech on Tuesday—the first to the world body by this most admired of world leaders—was a dud, a towering disappointment. Coming at the beginning of what the UN has dubbed “climate week,” the speech marked the beginning of a three-month push towards the global climate conference at Copenhagen. Obama used it mostly to downplay expectations. And it’s those downplayed ... Full Story »

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by Chris Finnie - Sep. 24, 2009

It would have been informative to most. I just happened to already know about 350.org--and what it stands for. It would have been nice to explain this for those who don't. Still, I appreciated his passion and the comparison of the two speeches.

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