“The groundbreaking climate change and clean energy cooperation agreement announced by President Obama and President Xi demonstrates the necessary leadership from the United States and China to continue addressing the global threat of climate change. The agreement recognizes that as the two leading producers of greenhouse gas emissions, the United States and China must take short and long term measures to reduce the amount of carbon pollution and to encourage the development of clean energy. By jointly agreeing to specific goals which will reduce carbon emissions by 2030 at the latest, the United States and China are poised to significantly bolster renewable energy research and technology and foster a new industrial revolution fueled by clean energy.” - BES Last night, the White House announced an historic agreement between President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China to address the global threat of climate change. To highlight the significance of this agreement, Senator Schatz spoke on the Senate floor today to call on Congress to finally act on climate change.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:20:10 +0000
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