Obama Makes Earth Day Pitch to Fight Climate Change
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Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(HOMESTEAD, Fla.) — President Obama marked Earth Day 2015 Wednesday with warnings about climate change during a speech at Everglades National Park in Homestead, Florida.
Despite critics who say that fears are overblown, the president told his audience, “Climate change can no longer be denied. It can’t be edited out. It can’t be omitted from the conversation. And action can no longer be delayed.”
Obama claimed that the U.S. is leading the way in addressing the crisis of global warming by producing more clean energy as well as becoming the number one user of wind power.
In 2014 alone, the president maintained that the U.S. generated 20 times more electricity from solar power than in 2008.
However, Obama said much more needs to be done to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, explaining that “even if we take the right steps we’re going to have to make some adaptations.”
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