After that, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he was endorsing Obama, because his policies were better on climate change. In response, Obama acknowledged that climate change is “a threat to our children’s future, and we owe it to them to do something about it.”
飓风桑迪所造成的灾难让总统注意到了气候变化。飓风过后，纽约市长布隆伯格宣布支持奥巴马，因为他的政策在气候变化方面更出色。作为回应，奥巴马承认气候变化是“对我们的孩子的未来的威胁，我们有义务为他们在这方面做些什么。”