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Obama's New Climate Plan 28 June 13

President Barack Obama
In 2009, President Obama made a pledge that by 2020, America would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels if all other 2013 major economies agreed to limit their emissions as well. In a major speech on June 25th at Georgetown University, U.S. President Barack Obama made the fight against climate change a priority for his second term. President Obama said he "refuses to condemn this generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing," Obama then went on to outline the first comprehensive U.S. Climate Action Plan.

The speech was peppered with notable nods to the movement-building work undertaken by the environmental community, with a clear acknowledgment of Bill McKibben and 350.org. Bill McKibben responded to Obama's speech by saying "The world desperately needs climate leadership, and today Barack Obama showed he might turn out to be the guy who provided it." Limiting emissions from coal plants appears to first up.

Watch June 25, 2013 President Obama speech video
View The President's Climate Action Plan
View June 25, 2013 TckTckTck article
View June 25, 2013 Pembina Institute media release
View June 25, 2013 Greenpeace article
View June 25, 2013 Common Dreams article
View June 25, 2013 De Smog Blog article
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