Obama Video Illustrates A Commitment To Climate Action

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President-elect Barack Obama delivered a speech via video recently to the Governors Global Climate
Summit
in Los Angeles,
which confirmed his commitment to address global warming. “Few challenges
facing America,
and the world, are more urgent than combating climate change,” Obama
said in the webcast
.

From December 1-12, world leaders will gather in Poland for the United Nations Climate
Change Conference
to negotiate a pathway out of the climate crisis.
“President-elect Obama has kicked the gears of change into motion. The call for
action will echo from the halls of Washington to the capitals of nations around the world,” said Larry Schweiger, president
and CEO of National Wildlife Federation.

The American public stands behind Obama’s call for action. A new poll from Zogby
International
of 2008 election voters shows 78 percent of voters agree that
investing in clean energy is important to revitalizing America’s
economy. Of Americans who voted in the elections, 60 percent believe combating
global warming should be a ‘high priority’ for the next president and new
Congress.

“The time for America to act is now…Clean energy
investments create jobs, revitalize our economy, and reduce the pollution that
is accelerating global warming. The investments in clean energy that forestall
a climate meltdown will aid our recovery from the global financial meltdown,”
Schweiger added.

Published: December 1, 2008