– Solving the problem –
America is the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and has committed to a reduction of 26-28 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 compared to 2005.
Obama admitted the US part in causing climate change.
“America recognizes our role in creating this problem, and embraces our responsibility to help solve it,” he said.
“And I believe we can solve it.”
The president has just imposed, much to the chagrin of his Republican opponents in Congress, strict standards to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
He again angered Republicans on the eve of his trip to Alaska, announcing a decision to rename Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, with local name Denali.
The mountain had been named in 1896 for William McKinley, who later became the nation’s 25th president.
But local authorities had worked on the change for years, restoring an Alaska Native name with deep cultural significance.
The move was met with anger by McKinley’s fellow Ohio Republican, John Boehner, the speaker of the House of Representatives.
“There is a reason president McKinley’s name has served atop the highest peak in North America for more than 100 years, and that is because it is a testament to his great legacy,” Boehner said.
“I’m deeply disappointed in this decision.”
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