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Green House Gases And Environment

In the President-elect Barack Obama’s government the first term will be very crucial because of the many other current important issues and priorities like economy time, war against terrorism and some strategic issues on international front but climate change is also one of the equally important issue which should be taken into the action in the first term.

U.S. a Leader on Climate Change- Time to prove:
Obama will reengage with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) which is the main international forum dedicated to addressing the climate problem. He would also create a Global Energy Forum of the world’s largest emitters to focus exclusively on global energy and environmental issues.
There’s no shortage of advice being given as to how Obama should tackle climate and energy issues. He would have to pick a decisive direction soon, especially with the UN preparing to negotiate a follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol at the end of 2009, when Obama would have to prove to the world that America is ready to take the lead on climate change.

Contrasting Obama vs. McCain on the Environment (Policies on priorities before elected):
Before and during election campaigning Obama always took the lead on the upfront of the environmental and energy issues. For examples
• The League of Conservation Voters gave McCain's environmental record a score of 53% while Obama has scored in the high 90's.
• McCain opposed Dick Cheney's 2005 Energy Bill that included huge tax giveaways to oil companies with record revenues. Obama supported the bill.
• Obama supported a law that required 25% of U.S. energy comes from renewable sources by 2025, McCain opposed a similar federal law.
• McCain opposed the 2007 Energy Bill written by Democrats, which mandated improved vehicle fuel economy standards by 2020, Obama supported the bill.
• Obama did not join McCain and 44 other Republican and Democratic Senators in urging the Environmental Protection Agency to draft stricter...