Will Allen and Ronnie Cummins - What About the State of Our Planet, Mr. President?
February 10, 2012 In his state of the union address this week, President Obama talked about the American promise - the promise that if you worked hard, you could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college, and put a little away for retirement.
“The defining issue of our time is how to keep that promise alive,” he said. “No challenge is more urgent. No debate is more important.”
Climate scientists might beg to differ.
Most of the President’s speech focused on economic reforms. He proposed energy reforms almost exclusively in the context of adding jobs and growing the economy.
But what good is a healthy economy on a planet too sick to sustain human life?
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http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/27/what-about-the-state-of-our-planet-mr-president/
