New York Times (September 23)
2013/ 09/ 25 by jd in Global News
The U.S. “has made commendable progress in reducing its emissions, and is halfway toward meeting Mr. Obama’s pledge at the Copenhagen climate summit meeting in 2009 to reduce its emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.” Globally, however, progress is not being made. “Steadily increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, rising sea levels, more violent weather events, persistent droughts…. The burden on the United States to set a positive example is as heavy as ever.”
Tags: Climate, CO2, Drought, Emissions, Obama, Progress, Sea levels, Summit, U.S., Weather
