The day Obama chose a strategy of silence on climate change

Guardian: The invitation to the White House in the spring of 2009 struck Barack Obama's allies in the environmental movement as a big moment: a clear sign that climate change was on his radar and that the president was eager to get to work. The event was indeed a turning point, but not the one campaigners expected. Instead, it marked a strategic decision by the White House to downplay climate change – avoiding the very word – a decision some campaigners on the guestlist say produced the strange absence...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/01/obama-strategy-silence-climate-change
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