U.S. climate change policy
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."
Over the last several months the United States Environmental Protection Agency has come under increased fire for its proposals to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
