If we presume that America is the nation the world looks to for
leadership on climate change issues, the declaration of a carbon pollution emergency in the United States would be a clear demonstration of our firm commitment to the fight against climate change, one which no other industrial nation could ignore.
Shouldn't you and your fellow environmental activists be demanding a courageous display of Presidential
leadership on climate change issues — leadership displayed in the face of what could prove to be intense opposition from an aroused public, once a truly effective GHG reduction plan is established?
Not exact matches
Early in Larson's
leadership, Packard made a massive bet
on curbing
climate change — an
issue that has only become more urgent since then.
Premier Notley promised Albertans
leadership on the
issue of
climate change and she and her government have delivered.
As with the minimum wage, Mr. Cuomo has shown
leadership on issues of national and even global importance, including
climate change.
«Due to the current void in national
leadership on the
issue of
climate change, efforts at the state and local level are more important than ever,» Saikawa says.
The Society credits Merkel for boosting German research funding and for «the
leadership she has provided
on the European and world stages in promoting science - based policy making over
issues such as
climate change.»
«She also serves
on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but again I have not seen clear signs of
leadership on energy
issues, other than a pattern of consistent votes in favor of fossil fuels and against taking action
on climate change,» Squillace said.
«It is defined by
leadership on life - threatening
issues like
climate change,» he said.
Each of us is committed to seeing the United States officially reengage and demonstrate
leadership on the
issue of global
climate change.
«
Climate change and Indigenous rights are global
issues, and global
leadership on them means rejecting Kinder Morgan.»
Miami is
on the forefront of the
climate fight, and the training will highlight
climate issues specific to the region, the political and social conversation around renewable energy deployment and the key
leadership role the Latino community has
on climate change action.
The Senate
climate change committee's
leadership on climate and energy
issues has been critical for Massachusetts's progress, and this bill is an important next step.
Max Gomberg: California has been a leader
on climate change issues since 2006, when it passed AB32, or the California Global Warming Solutions Act, and it is maintaining its
leadership role.
The US, as one of the most important players in taking a lead
on climate change issues, may, as a result, already be flunking the test of taking up global
leadership on this most critical of
issues.
«With the Trump Administration displaying a stunning lack of guidance
on climate change, it is up to cities such as San Francisco to take the
leadership mantle of this critical
issue,» said Mayor Farrell.
Critics have been loud and unrelenting, questioning Obama's
leadership on climate change and repeatedly saying that he did nothing to address the
issue so far.
The significance of the latest findings, notes Ed Maibach of the George Mason Center for
Climate Change Communication, is that «on issues related to energy and climate change, the Republican leadership may be out of step with a significant portion of their base and other relevant voters.
Climate Change Communication, is that «on issues related to energy and climate change, the Republican leadership may be out of step with a significant portion of their base and other relevant voters.&
Change Communication, is that «
on issues related to energy and
climate change, the Republican leadership may be out of step with a significant portion of their base and other relevant voters.
climate change, the Republican leadership may be out of step with a significant portion of their base and other relevant voters.&
change, the Republican
leadership may be out of step with a significant portion of their base and other relevant voters.»
[T] he United States» reluctance to confront
climate change in a serious way — like a carbon tax to replace the payroll tax, coupled with global
leadership on the
issue --- [is] as unjust as it is unfortunate.»
This conference has highlighted just how much local
leadership there is
on the
issue of
climate change and how many innovative new projects are going
on in cities around the country: Seattle's incentives for greening existing buildings, Los Angeles's million tree initiative, Miami's bus rapid transit program — and the list goes
on.
It's time for America to re-establish its
leadership on all
issues of international importance, including
climate change.
I am optimistic that we now have a partner that will provide
leadership to the world
on the
climate change issue.
Obama appears a little unnervingly content to let the
issue recede into the background domestically, while claiming to be ready to take the mantle of
leadership on climate change in speeches abroad.
In March, 2011 En + Group joined The
Climate Group, where it will help build climate change leadership and tackle other environmental issues through support of core programs, in particular focusing on accelerating use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in industrial c
Climate Group, where it will help build
climate change leadership and tackle other environmental issues through support of core programs, in particular focusing on accelerating use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in industrial c
climate change leadership and tackle other environmental
issues through support of core programs, in particular focusing
on accelerating use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in industrial centers.