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Statement: Looking Ahead to the Obama Administration

Statement of Eileen Claussen
President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

November 5, 2008

President-elect Obama faces an array of urgent challenges when he assumes the Presidency on January 20, but I am confident that he will provide the leadership needed to enact a comprehensive climate policy that significantly reduces U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.  I am equally optimistic that new leadership will provide the impetus we need to forge a strong green energy economy and restore America's standing in the world community, and I look forward with great anticipation to working with the Obama administration to achieve these critical goals.

 

Further Reading:

Obama Signals Action: Eileen Claussen’s statement on President-elect Obama’s remarks to the Bi-Partisan Governors’ Global Climate Summit. (November 18, 2008)

Pew Perspective: The Obama administration should seek a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade law, argues a new Pew Center article. (November 2008)

Climate Policy & U.S. Election: In an article for the Transatlantic Climate Policy Group, Elliot Diringer discusses prospects for an international climate agreement under a new U.S. president. (October 2008)