Support a Strong International Climate Treaty

10:13 pm PST, Nov 20, Fil Pierce, Alaska
When the planet dies-what will yoou tell your kids you did

10:12 pm PST, Nov 20, Jeffrey Turner, Massachusetts
Climate change poses a greater threat to the US and the world than fascism did in the 1930s and 40s. It requires as great a collective response - led by our governments. And the US needs to be the major contributor, just as it is for greenhouse gases themselves.

10:08 pm PST, Nov 20, Estee Bergahaus, New York
the us should do everything in its power to stop climate chabge! lets not have to go through extinction because of global warming !

9:43 pm PST, Nov 20, John Bernard, California
This is the single most important thing you can do in your term.

9:22 pm PST, Nov 20, Lea Earth, Colorado
obama please! This is one of the reason's we voted for you! make that change!

9:17 pm PST, Nov 20, Frank Struber, Nevada

9:07 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Illinois

9:05 pm PST, Nov 20, Terry Ogborn, New York

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8:48 pm PST, Nov 20, Fred Hoekstra, Washington

8:47 pm PST, Nov 20, T.J. Zenzal, Mississippi

8:45 pm PST, Nov 20, Zoila Medina, California

8:45 pm PST, Nov 20, Mark Dilley, Oregon

8:23 pm PST, Nov 20, Mandy DeRosa, Pennsylvania

8:13 pm PST, Nov 20, Isabella Bates, Massachusetts

8:12 pm PST, Nov 20, Karen Kindel, Ohio

8:08 pm PST, Nov 20, Joe Neumann, Washington

8:02 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, California
If we don't start leading the way by addressing the climate issues then the world will continue to stop looking to us for guidance. I heard someone say last year "Yes we can" and that would be a good philosophy to follow. You have to do it because you will not get any help from the defenders of the status quo.

7:58 pm PST, Nov 20, Sam S, New York
Dear President Obama, 2009 is a crucial year in the international effort to address climate change, culminating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18. But to stop the dire effects of global warming, the United States must provide leadership by supporting and ratifying a robust international climate treaty. At the international climate treaty negotiations this December, delegates from around the world must address the challenges of how to get all countries, industrialized and developing, to dramatically reduce emissions and greenhouse gases by 2020. The climate solutions that emerge from such negotiations must be based on equity between rich and poor nations and the best available science. view more The Kyoto Protocol, which went into force in February 2005, created the foundation of a vigorous international system to regulate human behaviors harmful to the planet. Yet while the U.S. -- the world's largest polluter -- was a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, this action became merely symbolic when the U.S. withdrew from negotiations and failed to ratify the protocol. That is why we need strong and resolute leadership from the U.S. this year. The world needs a new, more effective and far-reaching climate change agreement to reduce greenhouse gases by 2020. But if the U.S. does not lead the process, the treaty will fall flat. Without your leadership in this year's international climate treaty negotiations, we risk more extreme weather events, glacial melting, acidification of the oceans, and an irreversible shift in the global climate system. We urge you to support and ratify a robust international climate treaty this year. Sincerely, Sam

7:55 pm PST, Nov 20, Marcia Meckley, Colorado

7:53 pm PST, Nov 20, Kiet Vo, California

7:44 pm PST, Nov 20, Beta Hampton, California

7:16 pm PST, Nov 20, Rene Pizzo, Oregon

7:13 pm PST, Nov 20, Rahel Usman, Texas

7:12 pm PST, Nov 20, Dana Foligno, Florida

7:11 pm PST, Nov 20, Mitchell Speicher, New York

7:06 pm PST, Nov 20, Brian Shea, Iowa

6:59 pm PST, Nov 20, Jim Maurer, Washington

6:59 pm PST, Nov 20, Robert Evans, Florida

6:43 pm PST, Nov 20, Andrea & James Gutman Gutman, California
Don't want to wake up one morning (as we did with recent revelations in the financial markets)and be told it's all gone wrong. Don't want to be told "Sorry-it's too late to rectify this dying planet." No one was watching the hen house- or wanted to admit to it- in the financial debacle either. We must act now and re-create a livable planet. Andrea and James Gutman

6:33 pm PST, Nov 20, David Cupples, California

6:22 pm PST, Nov 20, Lauri McKindley, California

6:19 pm PST, Nov 20, GEO SINDELAR, Ohio
WHat reason is there not to be a leader in the international climate treaty?

6:02 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, New York

5:56 pm PST, Nov 20, Donna Rail, Florida

5:55 pm PST, Nov 20, Melinda Caulley, Washington

5:51 pm PST, Nov 20, April Earls, Georgia

5:46 pm PST, Nov 20, Gabrielle Granofsky, Florida

5:44 pm PST, Nov 20, Jimmy Johnson, California

5:42 pm PST, Nov 20, Richard Gilson, Massachusetts

5:42 pm PST, Nov 20, Nicolas Lehotzky, California

5:41 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, New Jersey

5:37 pm PST, Nov 20, Bob Rusk, New Jersey

5:34 pm PST, Nov 20, Wendy Eder, Colorado

5:32 pm PST, Nov 20, Patricia Rodgers, Washington

5:30 pm PST, Nov 20, Maryann Smale, Maine

5:27 pm PST, Nov 20, ROBERT Fritz, Florida
YES...and, make sure the Bahamas, Canada and Mexico follow suit.

5:01 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Illinois
Every nation should be clamoring to clean up our poor polluted little planet. But the U.S. pollutes and consumes a lot more energy and goods, compared to other nations, so we really should clean up our act first before we go telling other people what to do

5:01 pm PST, Nov 20, Claude & Helen Marshall, Georgia
without our participation a unified plan can not be formed.

5:00 pm PST, Nov 20, Steven Pazienza, New York

4:58 pm PST, Nov 20, Madeleine Berke, California

4:57 pm PST, Nov 20, Maura McNulty, New York

4:56 pm PST, Nov 20, Phil Smith, Illinois

4:54 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Colorado