Obama Adviser Signals White House Giving Up On Climate Change Treaty

Mother Jones:

Is the Obama administration giving up on reaching a comprehensive international climate change agreement this year? A statement released on Friday by John Podesta, who headed Barack Obama's presidential transition, is a big hint that the White House is looking to dramatically downplay expectations.

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Comments

[RomeoMD25]

By the way, Minnesota had a record-breaking cool summer this year! Even the mosquitoes didn’t like it and only came out on the few “hot” days we actually had.

[Paisano]

I'd rather do away with Rahm!

[joecoolconservative]

Yes - now pretty soon he will roll over on closing Gitmo. Seems reality has struck poor Barry like a bolt of lightning.

[jsgaetano]

I saw Obama's true colors when he capitulated against the FISA bill.

He's going to keep giving up and surrenduring, and convince himself that surrender is the path to "change".

Yeah, change... the exact same kind of negative change conservatives have been accomplishing for over 30 years.

[Coinyer101]

Way to go. The American people love quitters..­..., look at how well Sarah's doing.....­, lol

[RomeoMD25]

i actually decided to research GW myself as I had a major university shove this idea down my throat... what do u, know after countless hours there is not one teeny teeny bit of prooof man made c02 emissions is heating our planet, look towards the sun, it controls the majority of the fluxuaition in temperature on our planet, all with in a range of 1 degree; there is no debate you guys just believe whatever you hear

[Coinyer101]

lol. You paid to go to school, there? Ask 'em if they can teach ya how ta spell 'fluctuation', so ya can git yer money's worth.....­.,

[Coinyer101]

And they say stoners are stoopid...­....,

[jsgaetano]

Guess in all those "hours" of research, he's never run into a little something called "The Greenhouse Effect".

Kind of makes you wonder how hard he actually looked. I guess RushLimbaugh.com and conservapedia.com aren't as good of sources as he thought.

[jsgaetano]

You might want to ask a scientist who studies the sun if it's been getting hotter. The answer, of course, is NO.

But hey, let's not let a little thing like facts and reality get in the way of your far right screed.

[BlackWidowPilot]

Present for you:

http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/15309/debunking-climate-change-deniers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/26/climate-change-obama-administration

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/inhofe-global-warming-deniers-47011101

Denial is not a river in Egypt.

Whomever paid for your tuition should demand a refund, citizen.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

One of the 47 Million

[chocolatecity]

All Chicken Littles please check the update at the bottom of the article.

While Mother Jones’ David Corn is an excellent reporter, he is a lousy tealeaf reader. Mr. Corn misread a recent article by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Nobel Peace Prize winner, and myself in advance of the G20 summit, incorrectly concluding our purpose was to downplay expectations on behalf of the Administration.

[SilenceDoGood1776]

Why is there no story on the G-20 riots?

[jsgaetano]

Why is there no story on it raining yesterday?

Oh, that's right- it's a normal occurrance.

[SilenceDoGood1776]

Phil
The giving of more control of our lives to the gov't and economic ruin of the country. That's what is the results of being wrong. The teaching of an unproven theory to children, why not teach the other theories in school.

[AlwaysFair]

How many "positive" stories will HuffPo headline about the Obama administration this week?

[PhilipTaylor]

What is the DOWN SIDE or RISK OF BEING WRONG?

1. Assume NO CLIMATE CHANGE AND IT HAPPENS:

Answer: More islands and coast lines are covered/flooded! Solutions take years more to develop and crops fail in 0k1ahoma and other farm states. Food and grain shortages occur and prices skyrocket! America falls behind other nations due to high costs of Energy. China uses low energy costs to their advantage in manufacturing and exports and USA deficits grow!

2. Assume Climate Change is Happening and IT DOES NOT:

Answer: America stops importing 01L with average of 55 MPG and wind and solar energy providing 50% of all Electric Power. America's cost advantages power new Manufacturing Revolution and Exports skyrocket. The deficit drops and average income increases with a shortage of workers to fill all the new technology positions!

Some how I think the DOWNSIDE in scenario 2 is NOT SO BAD!

Let those that want to believe Scenario 1 do so at their OWN RISK! The rest of us should GET to WORK NOW!

[PhilipTaylor]

LET 01L TRADERS and REPUBLICANS DENY CLIMATE CHANGE - THIS IS ALREADY HAPPENING AND NOTHING CAN STOP IT!

Much like the early innovative days when automobiles were first being developed.

We need dozens and dozens of ELECTRIC CAR competitors to spur innovation in NEW car technology!

An exciting time for Engineers and technologists!

“In MA we had a lithium-ion battery company go public raising $350 million on day one. They are a leader in battery innovation for automobile­s."

What will happen to BIG 01L and this must be a 1-2 punch in the Gut!

15 mpg to 35 mpg to 99 mpg to 230 mpg to 300 mpg to electric = 0IL imports drop like a rock!

100 to 300 mpg for hybrids and electric cars have to make traders want to sell 0IL NOW!

Going from a SUV with 15 mpg to 300 mpg is a 2,000% improvement in FUEL Efficiency!
__________ __________ _____

Gas prices in 2008 were $5 per gallon in California and $6 per gallon in Canada!

If you drive say 20,000+ miles per year the savings are large!

Moving from a SUV or Truck to a high mileage 40+mpg care makes sense in many ways!

[JakeMontero]

what's next, g@y rights... oh, yeah, that was already dropped.

[blaharumph]

uh....

[femalevet1977]

Finally, they make a common sense decision on something.

Thank you, Mr. Obama. I hope there are more of these revelations to follow.