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U.S. needs President to be "international leader in confronting climate change"
Earth Day Editorials in the Boston Globe urge national leadership to deal with climate crisis.
The Earth Day (April 22nd) Boston Globe features not just one but TWO editorial pieces about the climate crisis on Earth Day.
According to the paper's main editorial, "The good news is that when Earth Day is celebrated a year from now, the most environmentally destructive president in history will no longer be in office. Senator Hillary Clinton criticizes Senator Barack Obama for saying that even a President McCain would be an improvement over President Bush. But when it comes to concern for the environment, Obama is right.
Improving on Bush's record is a low bar, however - too low. Yes, the country needs a president who will reverse Bush administration rules allowing coal miners to destroy Appalachian mountaintops and oil companies to drill in protected lands. But even more, the United States and the world need a president with the vision to ..." Read the rest of the editorial here.
Robin Chase, founder of ZipCar, follows a similar theme in her OpEd piece, which you can read here. Of particular note, she says:
"We need to reduce our CO2 production by 3 percent this year, and 3 percent each subsequent year. If we cut one of every 20 car trips, or share one out of every 10 rides, that's 1 percent of all CO2 emissions."