Climate Chief Had Tough Words With Obama

The UN's climate chief had tough words for President Obama and the United States this weekend – urging the world's superpower to take the lead on global climate change. 

The top UN diplomat for international climate negotiations, Christina Figueres said in an interview that Hurricane Sandy is "yet another wake-up call" for the United States to curb carbon pollution. Figueres said referring to actions on climate change, "It is quite a unique position that the United States is in and one that frankly they have not responded to in a commensurate manner...If the United States does not strengthen its participation in the global climate regime under the newly re-elected president I think there will be increased frustration with the United States." She's right – but as long as oil barons control Washington, DC – then there will be no serious action on climate change. The best way to end corporate America's outsized influence on our government is to go to MoveToAmend.org.