Climate change remains a top prioritySkeptics believed that the fiscal crisis would force Obama to put his plans to address global warming on the back burner. But in a videotaped speech to a climate summit co-hosted by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this month, Obama said, "Now is the time to confront this challenge once and for all. Delay is no longer an option." State officials hope that Obama will reverse a Bush administration
decision and approve efforts by California and 16 other states to require
automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2016. Obama has
said he supports California's position, but he'll face pressure from U.S.
automakers, who claim that the rules could further harm their chances of
survival. |