Obama delivers powerful video message to Schwarzenegger’s Governors Global Climate Summit
Whoa. No seriously, whoa.
Obama’s video recorded message delivered to Schwarzenegger’s Governors Global Climate Summit on Tuesday was incredible. It was short, right on point, and incredibly well articulated.
In the three and a half minute video, Obama started out by simply declaring, “too often Washington has failed to show leadership. That will change when I take office.”
He then laid out a few of the key policies that will be a part of his climate change strategy. He wants a federal cap-and-trade system, he wants to return emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and then another 80% reduction by 2050. He wants to develop solar, wind, next generation biofuels. And he wants to look at nuclear and clean coal.
Obama then underlined the importance of the upcoming summit in Poznan, Poland, where negotiations will begin over how to replace the Kyoto Protocol. Obama made it clear that, unlike with the current administration, the country under his leadership will be an integral part of the international approach to climate change.
“Delay is no longer an option, denial is no longer an acceptable response,” Obama noted, adding, “the stakes are too high.”
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