Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama, on the ever so urgent “man-made global warming”:
“Delay is no longer an option.”
Almost exactly a year later: Sun Nov 15, 2009, President Obama on the ever so urgent “man-made global warming”:
World leaders back delay to final climate deal
…French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said it was clear the main obstacle was the United States’ slow progress in defining its own potential emissions cuts.“The problem is the United States, there’s no doubt about that,” Borloo, who has coordinated France’s Copenhagen negotiating effort, told Reuters in an interview.
“It’s the world’s number one power, the biggest emitter (of greenhouse gases), the biggest per capita emitter and it’s saying ‘I’d like to but I can’t’. That’s the issue,” he said.
- Proud To Be Canadian. But Maybe Not. - Tuesday December 17, 2024 at 2:07 pm
- Say something. - Friday October 25, 2024 at 6:03 pm
- Keep going, or veer right - Monday August 26, 2024 at 4:30 pm