While Obama's Earth Day speech in the Everglades turned out to be a
big nothingburger — except if you're the parent
of a fourth - grader who'll now receive a free annual National Park pass — there are renewed
signs this week that his nickel - and - dime approach to fighting
climate change is finally starting to pay off.
... «When you hear a phrase like he said, «the highest ever,» you know, «off the charts,» «record setting,» that's a good
sign that on top
of a whatever local weather patterns there are or regional like El Nino, global warming, fossil fuel driven
climate change is putting its finger on the scale and juicing the atmosphere and causing the even
bigger weather event than you would have otherwise seen.»