climate change in at least two State of the Union Messages. In his 2007 State of the Union Message, he talked about the need to increase alternative fuels, and reduce gasoline usage and setting up oil production in an sensitive In his 2008 State of the Union “environmentally way.” Message he was more specific suggesting that we needed to develop new that “technologies [could] generate coal power while capturing carbon that there was a need to emissions;” further, develop and advance and renewable fuels to “emissions-free nuclear power,” “battery technology power the cars and trucks of the He then encouraged developing an clean future.” “international technology to help such nations as India and China to make greater use of clean energy. fund” He went on to state that United States is committed to. . . confronting global climate “The change and the best way to meet these goals is for America to continue leading the way toward the development of cleaner and more energy George W. Bush efficient technology.” Indeed, spent extended time in an attempt to win adherence to his approach to climate change—without much success. After eight years of Republican control of the White House, the environmental community was encouraged when Democrat Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election. In the election campaign, both Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama agreed that climate change was a critical issue. The two candidates recognized the urgency of the issue, and both supported strategies to encourage clean energy and reduce U.S. emissions. The 2008 election of Barack Obama was highly anticipated by environmentalists looking for someone to fill the who was willing to advocate policies to limit president’s chair climate change, and it was Obama who had new chapter in leadership on promised “a America’s climate change.”
climate change in at least two State of the Union Messages. In his 2007 State of the Union Message, he talked about the need to increase alternative fuels, and reduce gasoline usage and setting up oil production in an “environmentally sensitive way.” In his 2008 State of the Union Message he was more specific suggesting that we needed to develop new “technologies that [could] generate coal power while capturing carbon emissions;” further, that there was a need to develop “emissions-free nuclear power,” and advance “battery technology and renewable fuels to power the cars and trucks of the future.” He then encouraged developing an “international clean technology fund” to help such nations as India and China to make greater use of clean energy. He went on to state that “The United States is committed to. . . confronting global climate change and the best way to meet these goals is for America to continue leading the way toward the development of cleaner and more energy efficient technology.” Indeed, George W. Bush spent extended time in an attempt to win adherence to his approach to climate change—without much success. After eight years of Republican control of the White House, the environmental community was encouraged when Democrat Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election. In the election campaign, both Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama agreed that climate change was a critical issue. The two candidates recognized the urgency of the issue, and both supported strategies to encourage clean energy and reduce U.S. emissions. The 2008 election of Barack Obama was highly anticipated by environmentalists looking for someone to fill the president’s chair who was willing to advocate policies to limit climate change, and it was Obama who had promised “a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change.”
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