President Barack Obama gave a speech at MIT on Friday and pushed for US leadership on clean energy on Friday, as international deadlines for climate change mitigation loom and a growing number of Americans questions the science of global warming.
At a speech at MIT, Obama said the US faces stiff competition from other countries to develop clean technologies that will power the 21st century (see video clip). “The nation that wins this competition will be the nation that leads the global economy … and I want America to be that nation,” Obama said.
The US is also facing challenges at home. On Thursday, the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press reported that only 57 per cent of Americans believe there is solid scientific evidence for global warming, down from 77 per cent in 2007.
Since public perception of climate change is more messed up than ever, we have our work cut out for us. First of all, we have tomorrow’s climate action day. Click on the 350 above for more information on that. You still have time to get involved (if you are reading this before the 25th!). It’s called the Day of Climate Action this Saturday, October 24, everywhere. Please join us in the spirit of 350, wherever you are. (Find an action near you at 350.org.)
Some people are using October 24th to protest what the government has come up with to fight climate change.
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