Barack Obama Renews Promises To Break Bush Environmental Policies
Barack Obama, using a summit convened by Governor Schwarzenegger, has vowed to make a decisive break from George Bush’s environmental policies and promises a new chapter in American leadership on climate change. Obama made a video appearance at the summit making Gov. Schwarzenegger one of the world leaders against global warming and for the environment. Only hours before the summit, Gov. Schwarzenegger set a bold new target for his state to get a third of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. Barack Obama accused George Bush of failing to lead on the issue of climate change and states that will change once he takes office. He also has intentions of reducing emissions back to 1990 levels by the year 2020 and confirmed his campaign pledge to invest 15 billion dollars annually in the development of clean technology, including clean coal and nuclear power.
Here are some of the highlights from President-elect Barack Obama’s speech at the summit:
“This investment will not only help us reduce our dependence on foreign oil, making the United States more secure. And it will not only help us bring about a clean energy future, saving our planet. It will also help us transform our industries and steer our country out of this economic crisis by generating five million new green jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced.”
“Once I take office, you can be sure that the United States will once again engage vigorously in these negotiations, and help lead the world toward a new era of global cooperation on climate change,” he said.
“When I am president, any governor who’s willing to promote clean energy will have a partner in the White House. Any company that’s willing to invest in clean energy will have an ally in Washington. And any nation that’s willing to join the cause of combating climate change will have an ally in the United States of America.”
Let’s all support President-elect Barack Obama’s willingness to promote and invest in clean energy and combat climate change because we all want a clean environment for ourselves and our children. Let us all become a Green Earth Friend.
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Rob | Dec 1, 2008 | Reply
Here’s a handy summary of the effect Obama’s proposed policies will affect the environment:
http://www.greenexchange.com/read.php?id=25
Rob | Dec 1, 2008 | Reply
Ugh, sorry for the typo: “a summary of the effect Obama’s proposed policies will _have_ on the environment.”
obama clean coal | Jan 27, 2009 | Reply
Coal is burned in power plants to create steam, thereby powering turbines and generating both electricity and a diversity of harmful air pollutants. No matter how you look at it, there isn’t much clean about coal. The extraction and burning of coal is considered the dirtiest of all fossil fuels, including oil and gas.