Pete Souza
Perhaps more than any other sitting U.S. President, Barack Obama has been Commander in Chief through some of the most obvious examples of what climate change will do to America. The last few weeks alone have given us severe droughts in some areas of the country while others have seen unprecedented flooding; The state of Colorado is battling some of the worst wildfires in their history; and massive heat waves are engulfing large swaths of America. And let’s not forget the massive snowstorms in the winter of 2010 – 2011.
Addressing the nation last night, President Barack Obama did not leave clean energy to the wayside, as some feared he might. Instead, he took energy policy head-on, making it a core principle of his "Blueprint for an America Built to Last."
This year's State of the Union address will be given by President Barack Obama this evening The speech represents the only time the President speaks to Congress in a joint session. As a result, it has become an influential annual benchmark for Americans.
When President Obama signed into law a compromise plan to increase the $14.3 trillion U.S. debt ceiling this week, he authorized nearly $2.5 trillion in cuts over the next decade. This massive budget reduction means numerous government agencies and funding programs are the chopping block, but what will it mean for energy and environment funding?
Stepping up to the microphone yesterday, President Obama said exactly what each of his predecessors since Richard Nixon has stated before him -- it is time for the United States to achieve energy independence.
In his first public address regarding the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan, President Obama made it abundantly clear that U.S. authorities do not expect radiation to make it to the western United States, Hawaii, or any American territories in the Pacific.
The Washington Post recently released a poll of over 1,000 Americans showing that in the wake of the Gulf Coast oil spill, most people support the government’s six-month ban on offshore oil drilling and are willing to make changes to help the environment.
After almost two years of stalled efforts, President Obama announced that he will be making climate change legislation one of his administration’s top priorities next year.
