As Hurricane Sandy looms, Obama breaks climate change silence - 29 Oct 2012 - via @businessgreen

As Hurricane Sandy looms, Obama breaks climate change silence - 29 Oct 2012 - News

As Hurricane Sandy looms, Obama breaks climate change silence - 29 Oct 2012 - via @businessgreen

President Obama broke his recent silence on climate change policy late last week, stressing there was a "huge contrast" between his commitment to tackling climate change issues and the Republicans' rejection of climate science. Obama has faced criticism from green businesses and NGOs in recent weeks, after climate change failed to appear in any of the three presidential debates, making it the first time since 1984 that the issue has not been aired in the formal pre-election debates. FURTHER READING Morocco pushes solar master plan with beefed up Desertec partnership US Election 2012 - Green Business Special Speaking in an interview with MTV , Obama said he was "surprised" the issue did not come up in the debates and reiterated that the US was not "moving as fast as we need to" in tackling greenhouse gas emissions. "This is a critical issue," he said. "And there is a huge c...

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