Obama Victory, East Coast Megastorm Raise Hopes For Bolder Climate Action

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Obama Victory, East Coast Megastorm Raise Hopes For Bolder Climate Action With President Barack Obama's reelection victory unfolding against the backdrop of an East Coast brought to its knees by last week's historically violent storm, Hurricane Sandy -- an event that in many minds is linked, directly or indirectly, to a rapidly warming planet -- environmental groups expressed guarded hope late Tuesday that a new opportunity was at hand to address climate change and a diverse menu of other green issues that they say the president proved either unwilling, or unable, to fully shoulder during his first four years. Fossil Fuel, Free Market Proponents Brace For Second Obama Term Sandy-Battered Survivors Evacuate A Second Time As Nor'easter Arrives California Rejects Mandatory GMO-Labeling Pot Legalized In Two States, Dealing Drug War Major Blow Michigan Rejects Renewable Energy Proposal BLOG POSTS Michael Brune: Victory, Opportunity, and a Challenge As all of us gird ourselves for more consequences of climate disruption, the American people deserve and demand strong leadership on this issue. Here's how President Obama can start delivering that leadership right now. Steve Valk: On TV, They Talk About the Weather, but Not Climate Change For some unfathomable reason, the majority of folks who deliver weather forecasts to millions of Americans do not accept the science of climate change and won't bring it up on their telecasts. James B. McClintock: Dramatic Impacts of Rapid Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula More is at risk than ice shelves and rising seas as the Antarctic Peninsula shifts from a cold and dry climate to a warmer, moister, climate. The peninsula's fragile marine ecology, from the smallest bacterium to the largest baleen whale, is being challenged. Mark Tercek: The Next Four Years: Invest in Nature for a Stronger America Our country's leaders cannot put aside this problem for later. They should work now to put a price on carbon, invest in advanced energy research and development and help communities adapt to climate impacts, especially by investments in natural infrastructure. John Feffer: Obama's Second Term: A Real Pacific Pivot East Asia increasingly serves as the engine driving the world economy, and its regional policies set the standards for the world. But two disturbing trends threaten to undo this Pacific Century.

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