Obama to college students: ‘Denying climate change won’t make it stop’ | Grist

Obama to college students: ‘Denying #climate change won’t make it stop’ via @grist #eco #globa

Hello, Cyclones! Thank you … The decisions we make as a country on big issues like the economy and jobs and taxes and education and energy and war and climate change — all these decisions will directly affect your life in very personal ways. And I’ve got to say, this is something I’m acutely aware of when I make these decisions, because they’re decisions that are going to affect Malia and Sasha, my daughters, as well. It’s the way it’s always been — one generation makes decisions on behalf of the next. But here’s the thing, Cyclones — your generation chooses which path we take as a country … Will this be a country that keeps moving away from foreign oil and towards renewable sources of energy like wind and solar and biofuels — [applause] — energy that makes our economy more secure, but also makes our planet more secure? [Applause] … You believed four years ago that we coul...

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