Having dragged it’s heels for years during the George W Bush years America is finally beginning to drive the climate change debate forward. Listen to President Obama’s words in his State of the Union speech this week. “I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change [...] But here’s the thing–even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future” is the key phrase, but his speech was peppered with other climate-change references and warnings:
We still have a long way to go but, with America on board and it’s enormous access to research within the scientific community, this has to be a better thing?
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