President Obama pulled out a surprise in his inaugural address on Monday. After barely mentioning climate change in his campaign, he put it on his short list of priorities for his second term.
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” he said. Today the White House had scant detail on what the president plans to do.
But his rhetoric was music to the ears of some environmental leaders, including Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, who was listening to the president’s speech while standing behind him on the platform at Capitol.
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