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Obama's Climate "Quotes":

"All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster..."

"Today we're seeing that climate change is about more than a few unseasonably mild winters or hot summers. It's about the chain of natural catastrophes and devastating weather patterns that global warming is beginning to set off around the world.. the frequency and intensity of which are breaking records thousands of years old..."

"The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how much we're contributing to the warming of the earth's atmosphere and how much is naturally occurring, but what we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return. And unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels and chart a new course on energy in this country, we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe."

-Barack Obama-	Obama/Pollution

      Barack Obama... He's the president of the United States. Global Warming... It has become a big issue in the United States, and even the whole world. Barack Obama has been left with the part of the responsibility of helping take care of our planet, especially in these tough economic times. So what will he do to help deal with the consequences of climate change? What will you do to deal with Global Warming? Go to the Global Warming page to learn more.

-Obama Before the Election- Meeting with Governors on Climate Change

 

PLAN TO MAKE THE U.S. A GLOBAL ENERGY LEADER:

Will implement a 100% auction "Cap-and-Trade" program to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Will draw upon the marketplace to reduce emissions in a cost-effective and flexible way
• Will require all pollution credits to be auctioned
• Part of the revenue generated will be used to support the development and deployment of clean energy

Revenue from "Cap-and-Trade" system will be used to transform the economy and to create jobs

• $150 billion over 10 years invested to...
  • Create new biofuels
  • Advance fuel infrastructure
  • Promote developing "commercial scale" energy
  • Invest in low emission coal plants
  • Make sure the technologies are deployed around the globe
• Steps to revolutionize low carbon energy production:
  • 1) Invest more in basic research
  • 2) Demenstration of technology
  • 3) Aggresive commercial deployment and clean market creation

Barack Obama will invest in the fastest and cheapest ways to reduce energy emissions. He will make federal buildings more effecient, by 2025, all new federal buildings will be zero-emmisions. Also, more innovative measures will be taken to improve building effeciency. Some of the first states that implement new building codes to promote less carbon emmisions will be awarded within a grant program.

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BARACK OBAMA'S PLAN TO MAKE AMERICA A GLOBAL ENERGY LEADER