Barack Obama

2nd time a charm?

President Obama, give us hope again…this time in Copenhagen 0
Posted 18 hours, 6 minutes ago
And “stolen e-mails mean less than they seem”

Washington Times: “Obama digs in on global warming” 0
Posted 2 days, 2 hours ago
Don't mess with Texas (Ranger)

Chuck Norris on Copenhagen 30
Posted 6 days, 20 hours ago A lot of dreck comes across my desktop. I'm even on a list called "ennui mail," and some of it is utterly irredeemable. But still I took notice when Chuck Norris: Copenhagen Talks To Forge "One World Order" blew in.
The U.S.-India climate ‘partnership’ 0
Posted 6 days, 23 hours ago At least that’s what the White House is calling it. Does it mean anything? Maybe.
No More Communiques

Obama headed to Copenhagen, sets the bar for success 43
Posted 1 week ago President Barack Obama will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen next month and offer to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent (from 2005) by 2020.
Obama going to Copenhagen 0
Posted 1 week ago President Barack Obama will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen next month and offer to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, officials said Wednesday.
ROCKET, man

Copenhagen talks ready for take off: 5, 4, 3… 0
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago Suddenly -- and just in the nick of time -- next month's Copenhagen climate conference is starting to gain momentum.
hedging on a pledge

Obama administration may (finally) offer greenhouse-gas targets 4
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago Provisional targets could let the Obama administration work around the Senate roadblock and bring pledges to Copenhagen, a top negotiator says.
Inhofe to Boxer: “We Won, You Lost, Now Get a Life!” 0
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago
From wreaths to positions

City preps and countries posture ahead of Copenhagen talks 4
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago It's an exciting time to be in Copenhagen reflecting on a year of intense pressure, activity, and engagement around the world. The last time I wrote, I was convincing myself, and others, that all was not lost for December. Now, on this bright and sunny day, I'm as convinced as ever that world leaders can achieve an ambitious outcome in Copenhagen if they try.
A Walk Through the Week's Climate News

The Climate Post: You heard it here first—Copenhagen a success 0
Posted 1 week, 5 days ago A week of anticlimaxes saw President Barack Obama conducting a less-than-exuberant swing through China, the international community conceding a binding climate treaty at the COP-15 negotiations in Copenhagen, and U.S. lawmakers postponing to the spring of 2010 consideration of climate policy -- even as talk of a legislative "plan B" surfaced.
Australia’s Rudd slams the “deniers” and the “gaggle” of “conspiracy theorists” opposing climate action

Obama takes on the anti-scientific delayers 0
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago
Tortoise and the hare -- a clean energy tale

Winning the clean energy race: a new strategy for American leadership 5
Posted 2 weeks ago You know times are changing when China, the world’s greatest polluter, and other Asian nations are poised to dominate the burgeoning global clean-tech industry by out-investing the United States. That’s the conclusion of a large new report we co-authored called "Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant," released this week by the Breakthrough Institute and Information Technology & Innovation Foundation.
BFF's?

U.S. and China announce plan for collaboration on clean energy and climate change 1
Posted 2 weeks ago On Tuesday in Beijing, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao announced a comprehensive plan for U.S.-China cooperation on clean energy and climate change, and it's much more ambitious than we had anticipated. The plan calls for a number of cooperative programs on clean energy technologies and capacity building, and some important steps to help China build an accurate inventory of its greenhouse-gas emissions.
Know thine enemy

Is Bill McKibben right to be angry with Obama? 37
Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago In his latest column, Bill McKibben lays into Obama for insufficient leadership on climate change. But the many sins ascribed to Obama almost all trace back to a different source. Properly identifying the barriers to change is the first step in effective political action.
We need more than rhetoric and excuses

Mr. President: Time to quit fibbing and spinning 11
Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago President Obama has, at least for now, punted on the hard questions around climate, as evidenced by the announcement from the APEC meeting in Singapore that next month's Copenhagen climate talks will be nothing more than a glorified talking session.
On what day will Obama sign the bipartisan climate and clean energy bill into law?

The environMENTALIST contest 0
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Letter From Europe

From hopeful climate to climate of despair 12
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago Barack Obama's 2008 election victory sparked real hope in international circles that the United States would again be a leader on addressing climate change. Less than a year later, the mood has shifted as it becomes increasingly clear that Obama's hands are tied by an intransigent Congress.
A Walk Through the Week's Climate News

The Climate Post: Where there’s a Will there’s a fray 0
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago No prominent columnist spends more energy prying climate rhetoric and understanding farther apart than Newsweek and Washington Post columnist George Will.
Merkel threatens no-show at Copenhagen climate talks 2
Posted 3 weeks ago German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she would only attend December's crunch climate conference in Copenhagen if the U.S., China, and India first make clear their negotiating positions.