Barack Obama raises hopes of carbon breakthrough (committed the US to paying "its fair share")

The Australian ^ | December 07, 2009 | Amanda Hodge, South Asia correspondent

[opentalk]

ELEVENTH-HOUR compromises by two of the world's top climate polluters have raised hopes of a breakthrough at the Copenhagen summit starting today, with US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreeing at the weekend to attend the leaders' meeting.

Mr Obama announced early on Saturday that he would defer his visit to the conference to its final scheduled day -- when leaders from more than 80 nations are expected to meet -- encouraged by both India's and China's decisions to set greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets.

He also committed the US to paying "its fair share" of a proposed $US10 billion a year, short-term finance package to help poor countries develop cleaner energy sources.

"Providing this assistance is not only a humanitarian imperative -- it's an investment in our common security, as no climate change accord can succeed if it does not help all countries reduce their emissions," the White House said in a statement.

Mr Obama had discussed the proposed fund with leaders from Australia, Germany, France and Britain and concluded there was "an emerging consensus that a core element of the Copenhagen accord should be to mobilise $US10 billion a year by 2012", the White House added.

[Islam=Murder]

The MSM won’t report this, so we have to.

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[Psycho_Bunny]

@&^%% %^@%^%$!@$! ^%$@&^%#&!!!!!!!!!!

[SandRat]

Hey! BHO! It's not your money to commit!

[ClearCase_guy]

Oh.

Good.

That would be zero dollars.

[American Constitutionalist]

The American Tax Payer, The American Citizen, the poor huddled masses yearning to breath free from governmental tyranny.

[opentalk]

China and the US together are the world's top two climate polluters, responsible for 40 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

I have seen this in many of the foreign articles, We have strong pollutions laws in the US unlike China. They imply a need to shame us into paying.

[Man50D]

This whole process is wholly unconstitutional. The people are not bound by any unconstitutional acts perpetrated by any branch of government. The people must respond with civil disobedience!

[CyberAnt]

Sorry .. the President CANNOT COMMIT US TO ANYTHING without congressional approval.

After his little meeting today .. he may think he has it .. but the public is 69% AGAINST THE CLIMATE CHANGE GARBAGE.

[golfisnr1]

Won’t pass muster in Senate.

[Publius6961]

Committed to "paying our fair share?"
of what?

A manufactured solution to a fraudulent imaginary crisis?

Hello?

[BenLurkin]

Hey, Barry....http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/horse.wav

[SERKIT]

"Providing this assistance is not only a humanitarian imperative -- it's an investment in our common security, as no climate change accord can succeed if it does not help all countries reduce their emissions," the White House said in a statement.

Carbon credits are Algore's inconvenient nocturnal emissions.

[Texas Eagle]

Barack Obama raises hopes of carbon breakthrough (committed the US to paying "its fair share")

Does that include Charlie Rangel and Timothy Geithner?

Or is there a "TurboTax" and "Puerto Rico Condo" loophole?

[freekitty]

Kind of like Clinton’s manufactured movies.

[highlander_UW]

... Copenhagen summit starting today...

Obama is counting on a little distraction with the senate debating health care while he discards the US constitution in Copenhagen.

[D-fendr]

Even if you accept the CO2 argument, this is beyond silly.

India and China swamp the increased output of the US. Any reduction by the US alone is meaningless and has an insignificant effect on the “theorized” AGW.

Yet, Obama proposes we wreck ourselves with taxes as what? A gesture?

Either he’s a fool, or he has other reasons.

I’m betting on “other reasons.”

[Jeff Chandler]

This whole process is wholly unconstitutional. The people are not bound by any unconstitutional acts perpetrated by any branch of government. The people must respond with civil disobedience!

The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate CO2 emissions, so O Bama can indeed impose whatever agreement he signs without Senate ratification.

[ASOC]

The size of the US economy is 5x that of China - and we pollute far less.

India is so bad, it beggers the truth.

MY “fair Share” is zip, nada, zilch....

BHO can go pound sand, we are 12 TRILLION in debt now!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Can you imagine what is going to happen to the defense budget when the military is forced to buy "carbon credits" from Algore and his UN pals?

I guess the bright side will be that Algore won't have to "write" anymore of his bull**** "books".