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 »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Mother Jones, NewsRack (Energy)
I love Bill McKibbon. I love his passion and devotedness to cause, but this piece is really a plea for involvement in his 350.org cause (which everyone should join), and not a very good discussion of either Obama's UN speech, or real climate change legislation in the U.S.