Posted on 10/05/2016 2:02:08 PM PDT by Innovative
A sweeping global agreement to combat climate change by shifting the world economy away from fossil fuels will take force next month after passing a threshold for ratification on Wednesday with support from European nations.
President Obama, speaking from the Rose Garden, called the "Paris Agreement" potentially a "turning point" for our planet.
"This gives us the best possible shot to save the one planet we've got," Obama said. Addressing climate change has been a core goal for the president and netting the Paris climate deal is considered a critical part of his environmental policy legacy.
"One the reasons I took this office was to make America the leader in this mission," Obama said.
Support for the Paris Agreement has widened to nations representing 56.75 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions, above the 55 percent needed for implementation, a U.N. website showed. The deal will formally start in 30 days.
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Obama, With Co-Star DiCaprio, Says Climate Change Skeptics Should ‘Pay Penalty’
Zero, shut up about global warming...did you know that Antarctica had tropical plants and that Kansas was part of a sea? The earth change and it will continue to do so with the or without your BS!
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