Three years after President Obama's science adviser, John P. Holdren, said that the president was planning a "major speech" on addressing human-driven global warming, it's coming — on Tuesday at Georgetown University. The speech comes a few days after White House officials said the administration was moving forward on the long process of regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.
Here's what amounts to a video trailer for the speech, which the White House distributed via Twitter on Saturday:
We owe it to our kids to do something about climate change. Share this video and join me Tuesday: http://t.co/ifWvlB6qCL -bo
— The White House (@whitehouse) 22 Jun 13
If it seems like this effort to constrain greenhouse gases is happening at the pace of one of the videos produced by the "Slo Mo Guys," that's not an illusion. It began with George W. Bush's first campaign for the White House in 2000. (His effort ended a few months later.) There's more on the challenges to presidents in pushing ahead with greenhouse gas restrictions in my 2008 post, "The Presidency and the Climate Challenge."
Here's the transcript of Obama's video narration:
In my inaugural address, I pledged that America would respond to the growing threat of climate change for the sake of our children and future generations.
This Tuesday, I'll lay out my vision for where I believe we need to go – a national plan to reduce carbon pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of climate change, and lead global efforts to fight it.
This is a serious challenge – but it's one uniquely suited to America's strengths.
We'll need scientists to design new fuels, and farmers to grow them.
We'll need engineers to devise new sources of energy, and businesses to make and sell them.
We'll need workers to build the foundation for a clean energy economy.
And we'll need all of us, as citizens, to do our part to preserve God's creation for future generations – our forests and waterways, our croplands and snowcapped peaks.
There's no single step that can reverse the effects of climate change. But when it comes to the world we leave our children, we owe it to them to do what we can.
So I hope you'll share this message with your friends. Because this a challenge that affects everyone – and we all have a stake in solving it together.
I hope to see you Tuesday. Thank you.
June 23, 12:54 a.m. | Update | Politico has a pretty thorough breakdown of anticipated components of the president's climate plan, including a substantial expansion of renewable energy development on public lands.
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