Friday, September 7, 2012

Obama acceptance speech soft pedals climate goals

Bellona: In a speech inspiring for its embrace of responsibility to future generations, President Barack Obama nonetheless accepted the Democratic nomination in a sobering manner that was longer on political survival and shorter on ambitious climate goals than many environmental observers had hoped. Hovering over his appeal to voters at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, were clouds that this was no longer 2008, and that the political course to a greener economy that lay ahead...

URL: http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2012/obama_speech_analysis
Enclosure: http://www.bellona.org/imagearchive/ingressimage_obama_dnc_speech_youtube

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