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Obama: ‘We Want Our Children To Live In An America That Isn’t Threatened By The Destructive Power Of A Warming Planet’
First published on ClimateProgress.org, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, which was recently named one of Time magazine’s Top 25 blogs of 2010.
President Obama has been re-elected for a second term. “We want our children to live in an America that isn’t burdened by debt, that isn’t weakened by inequality, that isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet,” he said in his acceptance speech early this morning. [Read the full transcript]
Democrats will maintain control of the U.S. Senate after their candidates picked up Republican-held seats in Indiana, Maine and Massachusetts, leaving the GOP no path to a takeover with the remaining competitive races that remain undecided. [USA Today]
Political groups of all stripes spent a record sum on the election thanks in part to a string of court and regulatory changes that loosened restrictions on political spending by corporations, unions and individuals. Less certain is whether that spending made much of a difference. [Wall Street Journal]
Green groups say Independent Maine Senate winner Angus King will be an ally when he gets to Washington, D.C. [The Hill]
Voters turned out the lights on the self-described “solar team” of three Democrats who hoped to control the Arizona Corporation Commission. [Phoenix New Times]
Proposal 3, which called for amending the Michigan Constitution to require 25% of the state’s energy to come from renewable resources by 2025, was easily trounced Tuesday. [Detroit Free Press]
Despite a few years removed from the national zeitgeist, there is one place where climate change has remained front and center – movie theaters. [Chicago Tribune]
F-gases, used in refrigeration and linked with high levels of global warming, need to be cut substantially by 2030, Europe’s climate boss said on Tuesday. [Reuters]
An epidemic of dengue fever in India is fostering a growing sense of alarm even as government officials here have publicly refused to acknowledge the scope of a problem that experts say is threatening hundreds of millions of people, not just in India but around the world. [New York Times]
NASA put together two visualizations to show how Hurricane Sandy — which is likely to go down in history as one of the costliest hurricanes to strike the U.S. — compared to the storm that currently occupies the top spot on that list, Hurricane Katrina. [Climate Central]
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