19 Oct '12, 7pm

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton spoke about climate change and it was awesome

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton spoke about climate change and it was awesome

The interplay of diplomacy and energy is a long-standing and evolving one. When most international borders were first drawn, oil hadn’t been discovered. Huge coal seams lay underground, unseen. As the world has evolved, access to energy resources has become a massive source of international conflict. But the U.S. keeps the two issues housed separately. State. Energy. Which is why Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech at Georgetown University yesterday was so revelatory. Smart and specific, the address pointed out the urgency of addressing global energy issues from a diplomatic perspective and offered strategies to do so. And it called clearly for action on climate change. (Clinton’s full speech is definitely worth a scan, though some excerpts are below. ThinkProgress’ recap is long, but thorough.) Clinton started by outlining why the topic is important. Energy matter...

Full article: http://grist.org/news/hillary-clinton-pushes-a-key-diplom...

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