President Barack announced yesterday that he will also be attending this summit. Obama is prepared to set a goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels over the next decade and reducing U.S. emissions by 83 percent by 2050. However, the United States is the only industrialized country that hasn't yet given the UNFCCC a proposal for cutting carbon emissions. To read more about this, http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/25/obama.copenhagen.climate/index.html#cnnSTCText
Next month's climate talks aim to strike a deal on a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 pact that has legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The United States never ratified it, though more than 200 nations did.
I think this is a great step for the United States and especially China. The pollution is terrible in China, as I and many of you saw during the band trip. I think this trip will help get the Senate to pass the climate change bill. Internationally, I think the more, and bigger countries that make a commitment to improve environmentally, it will help other, more poor countries reach their goals. It might also put more pressure on other countries to be more active in environmental issues. However, Greenpeace is criticizing the president for going only at the begginning of the summit, since he will be in Norway to accept his Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, calling it a "photo-opp." I think it would be really hard for the preident to attend an 11 day conference. I don't think he is wrong to go at the begginning. What do you guys think?
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I really respect Obama for pushing the 'green movement,' but doesn't he have something bigger at hand?
The unemployment is rising and he has not helped the economy as much as everyone expected he would. In fact, he has not taken any large moves toward helping the economy.
This SNL video makes a parody of Obama's presidency, its worth the watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB0wWOR97_c
Yoda, the man can't do everything. I think it's unfair that we set such great expectations for the president. But, yes, I agree that rising unemployment is a crucial thing to address.
There has been SO many people on this blog saying the same thing for every single post about Obama.
We just have to recognize the fact that the president can't fulfill every single expectation of every single interest.
Phoebe, the man can't do everything, BUT he is doing the WRONG things. Obviously, this is in a subjective point of view, but I believe the money spent for 'cash for clunkers,' and GM could have gone to much more efficient areas.
Creating jobs would have been a start. Instead, Obama keeps his promise to the SINGLE INTEREST GROUPS for ENVIRONMENTS. He isn't thinking for the PEOPLE. PEOPLE are unemployed, PEOPLE are declaring bankruptcy, and PEOPLE don't have health care.
So no, he can't do everything, BUT HE IS NOT HELPING AMERICANS. This nation is for the people, not for Obama. He needs to realize that and pursue his duties for the people.
I think the green movement comes with many more benefits then just protecting the environment. I think that when he makes an official proposal, it will jump start a new type of industry for alternative resources and such. This will provide new job opportunities. People can talking about "creating jobs", and I see making moves towards improving the environment as a way to create jobs for people. It's kinda like in the 1930s. I don't think Roosevelt's main concern was to build new bridges and fix the woods, but out of that came the CCC and TVA. I think this is a major step in moving forward with environmentalism and creating a new area of jobs.
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