Weekly Address: Providing a Better, Cleaner, Safer Future for Our Children
Source: White House
In this week's address, President Obama discussed the progress we have made to combat global climate change. During the Obama Administration, we have made ambitious investments in clean energy and achieved reductions in carbon emissions – increasing wind power and solar power, and decreasing the amount of carbon pollution from our energy sector to its lowest level in 25 years. We have also set standards to increase the distance cars and light trucks can travel on a gallon of gas every year through 2025.
The President noted that although America has become a global leader in the fight against climate change, there's still work to do. Together, we must continue to work domestically and build upon the progress we've made along with other countries – such as the Paris Agreement, the most ambitious climate change agreement in history. President Obama said if we continue to work together, we will leave a better, cleaner, safer future for our children.
Read more: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/08/13/weekly-address-providing-better-cleaner-safer-future-our-children
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given all the records falling this year, including an ocean water temperature record off the coast of Atlantic city -
[font size="1"]By Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on August 11, 2016 at 2:00 PM, updated August 11, 2016 at 5:27 PM[/font]
It hasn't only been hot on land during recent days. The Atlantic Ocean is also heating up off the Jersey coast, breaking a new record in Atlantic City, where the ocean temperature hit 83.3 degrees at the city marina at 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
The previous record was 83.1 degrees, set five summers ago.
Although the water temperature records only date back to 1995, the new mark in Atlantic City is still noteworthy, said Walter Drag, a meteorologist at the weather service's regional forecast office in Mount Holly.
"It's a short period of record, but the water temperatures are warm. There's no question about it," Drag said. "They're running well above normal."
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http://www.nj.com/weather/index.ssf/2016/08/nj_ocean_temperature_heats_up_to_record_level.html
Most of the time, the water off the S. Jersey beaches hits the low - mid 70s this time of year, so this is like Hawai'i water temps!
The address did provide a good summary of what has been going on over the past 8 year to mitigate but a lot more needs to be done.
Thanks for posting and I got your back last week posting these!!
Thank you for last week
Wow that's high for 6pm
