Climate unchanged – University of Montana Professor, Dr. Steven Running says Otter Creek vote signals larger issue

University of Montana professor Steve Running came away with one distinct impression from his time at the International Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, earlier this month: The United States continues to take small steps to acknowledge the threat of global warming, but binding commitments never come.

"You never see any hard implementation agenda, like the U.S. commits to closing 50 coal-fired power plants in the next decade, or something like that," says Running, who claims a slice of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for work he’s done combating climate change. "Do you ever see that? No, never."

by Jessica Mayrer

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