In June, US President Barack Obama told students at Georgetown University that he refused to condemn them and their children and grandchildren to “a planet that’s beyond fixing.” Saying that climate change cannot wait for Congress to overcome its “partisan gridlock,” he announced measures using his executive power to limit CO2 emissions, first from new fossil-fuel power plants, and then from existing ones.
6月份，美国总统奥巴马对乔治敦大学的学生说，他不会让他们和他们的子孙后代活在“无法修复的地球上”。他说气候变化无法等待国会克服其“党派僵局”，宣布将使用其行政权力采取限制二氧化碳排放的措施，首先是限制新造化石燃料发电厂，其次是限制已有发电厂。