Bali: Obama "Objection" Looks Like Defence of Status Quo

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The statement released by presidential hopeful Barack Obama yesterday looks worryingly like a defence of the untenable and destructive Bush Administration position on globalย warming.

It looks likeย spin.

Obama saysย this:

โ€œThe post-Kyoto climate negotiations that have kicked off in Bali offer an important opportunity for America to re-engage with the rest of the world in taking on one of the greatest challenges of this generation. But we must start by showing the world that we are serious about tackling the climate crisis here at home, which is why Iโ€™ve put forth a bold energy plan that would reduce our carbon emissions 80% by 2050. As President, I will also personally reach out to the leaders of the biggest carbon emitting nations and ask them to join America in creating a new Global Energy Forum that can continue the work begun in Bali and lay the foundation for the next generation of climateย protocols.โ€

Well, an energy plan that offers no fixed target sooner than 2050 is hardly โ€œbold.โ€ And the U.S. is already pursuing a strategy to sideline the Kyoto protocol by โ€œcreating a new Global Energy Forumโ€ including the โ€œbiggest carbon emittingย nations.โ€

Weren’t we hoping for somethingย better?

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