US decides not to act on climate change

Great move !

7 billion people passing gas 13 times a day. There's the driving force for Global Warming / Climate Change. The cows ain't got crap on us.

This is disappointing. We need to be leaders. We need to embrace the new tomorrow. All this says is that the administration is not yet ready to take a stand, and insodoing they are sending a message of indifference.

lets wait til rush hour..

wow

Has somebody actually read the article from CNN? iNSPIRATION SEEKER you have some big problems in synthetizing, in a synthesis you usually don't change what an article says.

Everything is connected.. Can We just solve on problem, PLEASE>> Talk about, write about, get r done already. With one advance, whatever it might be, healthcare, job security, pollution issues, war, national debt. One problem solved, "check"...

We have dug quite a deep hole... soo deep, we must dig sideways to get out..

Same as it ever was... same as it ever was...

Your headline doesn't accurately support the article...

China is the #1 importer to the US so It doesnt surprise me that they dont wish to shut down their coal burning plants on the account for a cleaner world. Nor does Obama's 'more talks' patience. After all, we owe them $1.5 trillion.

I really think Obama should attend even if he supports a 2 step process.

Seriously? Thanks a lot, Mr. President. I'm really appreciating you going back on your word...

kind of crappy title... they just acknowledged that they wouldn't make significant change by years end... also, "The leaders also reaffirmed a promise they made at a summit in 2007 to reach "an APEC-wide aspirational target of reducing energy intensity by at least 25 percent by 2030." so it's not like we gave up on it. I think he just has more important things to focus on, especially when dealing with the nation he's President of, like the wars we're in, health care debate, the economy, etc. Personally i'd like him to focus on these issues much more than global climate change, people are losing jobs, health care, and dying in war NOW, global climate change we still got a few decades to deal with.

it seems all Obama does these days is talk...

This is the most misleading title I've read in a long time, and what you wrote is even worse. They had pushed and pushed harder and harder for climate change by December 7th, Obama being the lead in that push. But because its lagged up in congress in the process of our congress, it will take more time. So obviously its a great idea to make sure its still on everybody's agenda by talking about it. Thats the smartest thing you could do if your from the country that is far behind everyone else.

Till 2010 or later? How long should it take? The title of the article is misleading.

TWO OPTIONS:
Either our descendants will wonder why it took so long for environmental action
OR
We won't have descendants

This is why states need to step up on their own. Many are doing that and cities as well. Mayors have done more than Washington Dc. It is up to us, and I truly believe we can make a difference without Washington Dc with their heads up the as*** of coal/oil company executives.

No shit.

We should turn off the sun a few hours a day.

everyone wants things yesterday.

"God Damna You Japarese!!!"

a politician can't help us, that isn't what they do. politics is part of the problem, the solution is to leave the leaders behind.
when the leaders see us moving in a new direction then they will run to get ahead of us and proudly move that way.

keep blaming the faces on tv all you want...its our fault

There has to be the talk so people will buy into the coming carbon tax...

PJDan,

It should actually be Spelled S. naganalF.
You must not have read the rest of that post since you pretty much repeated what I said.

Snag Anal F said "Then call it what it is". Okay ---> Environmental destruction.
It's not the cause's fault that there MAY be some corrupt facets of the Green movement. And it doesn't diminish the cause or negate it. It's ever-present, detrimental and still worsening.
Forget about the effing "climate" factor, forget about the supposed scams and our almighty bank accounts. Forget about yourself. Just admit that there are man-made problems on Earth, and these disgusting environmental woes need to be addressed NOW.
The bottom line --- we're tremendously damaging ecosystems and Earthlings,... but we're too selfish and greedy to even BEGIN lessening the damage.

It is time that we do more than talk and by "we", I mean the current community. What good is it to have like minded individuals in the same location if we cannot organize when it counts to change things?

Speaking for myself, I am going to plan a demonstration for next Saturday, November 21st. I can only do this on a local level but depending on how much interest I can generate in a week, we'll see. . .

Hit me up if you're in the midwest~

While there is much disagreement among the people posting, the bigger problem is the people who would never post their opinions. Most people would do nothing until they look in the refrigerator and can't find anything inside.

Very disappointing to say the least.

What? Obama promised and taketh away? Shocker....

What are people going to do? Declare war in the name of Earth? What kind of war? Killing people?

How much of a carbon footprint do you have if you commit murder?

WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE....

PajamaDan said:

Again,... it's not truly about the friggin' climate. That is just a misnomer, meant to address all the damage we cause.

Then call it what it is. Setting up a treaty to establish a one world government to steal from the countries with higher standards of living and supposedly give it to the countries with a lower standard of living isn't going to fix it.

I agree, mankind does a lot of eco-damage with the pollution, clear cutting, garbage generation, use of crude and coal, etc...

But the agenda of the Global Warming / Climate Change activists is going about things the wrong way.

We, ourselves, each country's government and their people need to address their contributions themselves in order to bring about change.
Not some global governing body.

And it would help if we could keep the big money interests from buying up those technologies as they become available and putting them on a shelf somewhere never to be seen again.
Or from having the individuals that are making progress in these areas assassinated because they won't sell out.

FUCK you mr. president!

we don't need to wait for our shitty government to take action... if we go green, and fix the planet, the only way companies and corporations will make money would be to finde alternatives and new ways to sell us stuff. which would force them into helping save the planet.

also all this bullshit about it costs too much, you can actually save ... i mean linux is energy efficient and its FREE (as in free speech) and most cases (free beer). electric cars would save you money too..

Know why Gore changed his message from Global Warming to Climate Change? Cause it's been cooler the last few years overall.

Yes, the climate changes, it has changed for as long as there has been one. What turned the sahara into a desert? Hmm, dinosaur farts? Should we have taxed them? Made them give up a percentage of their kills to those in more sparsely populated areas to satisfy their carbon debt?

What friggin good would that have done? Not a damned bit.

The way I see it the climate changes about 4 times a year here. We call it SEASONS and we can't stop it from happening.

Take the cap and tax crap, the carbon debt bullshit and stick it where the sun doesn't shine. Then quit wasting taxpayer dollars on bullshit and focus on alternative energies so we won't be using carbon based fuels.

But wait, big oil and coal don't want that do they?

You know what they say.. If we save the enviroment then the Eco-terrorists win! [/sarcasm]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Meet Obama, the same as Bush, US imperial wars, corporate domination. On what policy is this guy different from the last?

one term president, because of his own unwillingness to bring CHANGE

Dont worry people. He is just checking out how this will affect all 57 states............

"climate change" encompasses so much.

what is there to talk about? quit fucking over my generation asshole.

cant beleive i actually supported u, never again will i be tricked into believing so investedly into a politician, bc regardless of party affiliation he/she is still a politician and is only a human not a god.

Damn it, Obama!!

Obama's plan is to get the healthcare agenda passed and then tackle climate change afterward. So more talking makes sense...

katrina deaths 1800 bush villified and castigated......H1N1 deaths 4000 obamas total inaction ignored.Obama allowed 4000 children to die in a pandemic on his watch he should be Impeached

It's all good. We'll be dead when it gets really bad so why should we care now?

We as a people can work toward caring the best way for our planet. We do not need to give control to some other agency to punish us for our industrialization. We've cleaned up our act and continue to improve.(I know, I live near Pittsburgh, PA) We all have to 'work it'.
No amount of money thrown at other nations to punish us is going to help. We all need to be responsible individually.
Thank you, Mr. President. We as a nation cannot afford the financial punishment, especially at this time. Whether Obama did this for financial reasons or for other reasons I thank him for being involved but not throwing us to the wolves.

seriously... we waited too long already,anymore waiting and we are fucked

The climate should, in fact, be cooling substantially now given that we've been on a seriously low solar cycle. Climate scientists generally agree that both AGW and solar cycles affect the climate in a cumulative manner. However, AGW has mostly erased natural cycles. When the sunspot count returns to normal (which NASA predicts in 2012) we should be in uncharted territory when it comes to global heat and temperature anomaly.

2012. Wasn't that the movie released on Friday the 13th?

climate change is not a lie, the climate is changing, we might not have as much to do with it as Al gore and friends would like you to think, but the world is on a climate rise "natural" or unnatural, it could cause massive problems if the sea level starts rising in florida (where i live). miami would be destroyed if sea levels rose a foot. maybe its not a big deal to people in DC.

the world isn't waiting for us. its more like they're about to leave us in the dust

Shouldn't the Headline read something like

"U S balks at climate change, opts for 2 step process."

Seems all he did was say 22 days is not enough time to work out talks between the top nations and come to a legally binding agreement. So they are going to drag this out.

I got news for all my fellow middle class. Prepare for a life-style change.
The poor are already poor, and the rich do not care.

No climate change on the agenda I see...hmmmmmm uhhhhhhh...that's right they have better things to do..like plan terrorists attacks.....to rob the stock exchange and steal all of that money that was inside the buildings before they were destroyed (allegedly)

I'm starting to hate that cunt.

Instead of doing cap and tax and or getting on board a UN one world government treaty that takes money from rich nations to satisfy supposed carbon debt, money should be diverted to the development of alternative energies to reduce and eventually eliminate our dependence on that foreign oil. We need to start the change here at home and then let the rest of the world follow us. There is enough money wasted by our government that if they would lean the spending out so only truly important things are in the budget the savings could be spent on energy solutions.

Wow, this website is full of crazies!

"Climate change isn't real", "Obama scammed us all", blah, blah, blah blah bl....

I think I'm going crazy.

Wouldn't want to upset the oil companies and the countries we get all that oil from, now would we?
YES WE WOULD!!

Then next step is to delay action and let future generations deal with an even bigger problem. You can tell we're doomed, when we're reluctant to solve environmental problems that we've caused.

Maybe if he hadn't already been given the Nobel Prize for just talking, our President would me more motivated to build his reputation on action...

The evidence is mounting that "climate change" is a massive scam. The evidence is also clear that "Cap and Trade" will put union coal miners out of work in the US which is politically untenable for Obama, since he owes the unions so much politically. The evidence is also clear that the "Cap and Trade" on top of the super expen$ive Pelosi healthcare bill that just passed the House will bankrupt the US middle class, and hence the US government, and cause the Chinese to cut up Congress' credit card for good. Obama is painted into a corner on this one.