Obama on energy and climate change
Saturday, January 5th, 2008This Grist interview is half a year old, but given Barack Obama’s recent win in Iowa, it’s worth revisiting his position on the environment and energy. The interview reveals someone who doesn’t just pay lip service to these issues, but who understands them thoroughly and articulates them in a thoughtful way.
As a Canadian, I can only observe this presidential race unfold. But from where I’m sitting, Obama is saying the right things at a time when, more than anything, we need U.S. leadership on the climate-change file.
UPDATE: I’m linking to Joseph Romm’s Climate Progress, which challenges DeSmogBlog.com for calling Obama “SmogMaker of 2007.” Romm is completely shocked that DeSmogBlog, an otherwise well-respected blog, would take shots at Obama that are misleading and unfair, to say the least. I agree completely with Joe on this one. I encourage you to read DeSmogBlog’s original post, and then look over Romm’s response.
UPDATE 2: DeSmogBlog.com has graciously apologized to Obama and admitted it made a mistake by awarding the senator a “SmogMaker of 2007″ award.
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
