Obama’s re-election and climate change
by Bill Chameides | November 7th, 2012
posted by Erica Rowell (Editor)
Did Obama’s victory speech signal a new commitment to acting on climate change?
Many believe that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Such a notion was belied by the presidential election of 2012 in which the words “climate change” and “global warming” never entered the debate and were absent from the candidates’ stump speeches. (The very idea of climate change was mocked at the Republican convention.)
But last night President Obama broke the mold and at least mentioned the issue:
“We want our children to live in an America that isn’t burdened by debt, that isn’t weakened by inequality, that isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.
Was that little shout-out to climate change just that, a shout-out? Or was it a call to action? Time will tell.
filed under: climate change, faculty, global warming, policy, politicsand: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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One thing is clear: if we continue increasing CO2 to our system, we are changing the system. For instance, the oceans absorb aprox 30% of the CO2 from the air. This changes the ocean chemistry (ph) which affects organisms that form shell. Our food chain is dependent on these organisms. Are we really willing to risk change to our water and air when we don’t know the results? That would be recklesss. This is the challenge of our time, and we need our scientists, engineers, political leaders and young people working diligently to solve the problems. Now.
Finally, Barrack Obama won the re run election.The man is Great