2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton Vows to Hold U.S. Accountable in Fighting Climate Change
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says historic UN climate agreement reached this month in Paris now must be enforced.
Clinton says if elected she would use every tool available to hold other nations accountable, including our own, about what we need to do, both to try desperately to move more quickly away from fossil fuels toward clean renewable energy and try to at least put a cap on temperature rise and emissions
Clinton speaks at campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., which she notes is coastal city that needs federal govt to help deal with shifting climate
Clinton says climate change offers economic opportunities that U.S. now leaving on the table amid debate over the science
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/trackers/2015-12-29/clinton-vows-to-hold-u-s-accountable-in-fighting-climate-change
Suuuuuuure she will
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)How does she plan to "enforce" an agreement that has no binding agreements?
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)That's all it takes
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)bowens43
(16,064 posts)CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)Hillaryous!
Cha
(297,275 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Especially when the even THAT agreement was a consensus that yup, science is real.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Didn't she fight for the xl pipeline just a little while ago?
BlueCheese
(2,522 posts)The gulf between the Democrats and the Republicans on this issue is enormous.