Green activists ‘are waiting to hear Hillary Clinton to say the words ‘climate change’ on the campaign trail’

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/20/hillary-clinton-white-house-climate-change

Bill McKibben: “She’ll hit the main talking points in a speech, but ‘believing in climate science’ is no longer enough. In 2015 it’s about ‘keeping it in the ground’,” McKibben told the Guardian, referring to recent worldwide efforts pushing companies and organizations to divest from fossil fuels.

“Beyond saying she was initially inclined to approve it, she has never taken a position on the Keystone pipeline. She was the world’s top diplomat when the climate talks in Copenhagen fell apart. And she’s awfully cozy with big oil and gas interests. So far there’s really no reason for people who care about climate to be excited about her.”…

Hillary Clinton tells thrilling tale of Obama/Clinton planet-saving heroism at Copenhagen 2009

Hillary Clinton tells thrilling tale of Obama/Clinton planet-saving heroism at Copenhagen 2009

http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2015/04/hillary-clinton-tells-thrilling-tale-of.html

From this December 2014 LCV speech (17 min mark).President Obama and I went to the global climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009. We ran into a solid wall of opposition from countries like China, India, and Brazil. The president and I literally had to crash a secret meeting between them to force real negotiations. We marched right by startled Chinese security officials. I had to duck under their outstretched arms. We got into the room–you should have seen the looks on the leaders’ faces because they’d been dodging us all day and the president said wow, we’ve been looking for you. Persistence paid off..we did hammer out an agreement..

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