A dereliction of duty?- The Climate Minute Podcast

The President gave the Commencement Speech at the Coast Guard Academy recently, and by all accounts made a fine speech, indicating he fully understands the gravity of the climate problem. He even went so far as to say : “And if you see storm clouds gathering, or dangerous shoals ahead, you don't sit back and do nothing.  You take action -- to protect your ship, to keep your crew safe.  Anything less is negligence.  It is a dereliction of duty.  And so, too, with climate change. “  However if he really believes what he said, why then his approval of Shell’s plan to endanger the arctic in a search for more oil we cannot burn? What’s up Mr. President? We discuss Shell, the TPP and Santa Barbara where, oops, they had an oil spill even without any ice floes in the neighborhood.

The reading list:
•    Obama speaks to the Coast Guard Academy
•    WAPO
•    Kayaktivists in Seattle
•    $10M per minute, all day long
•    Santa Barbara
•    The Guardian campaign: Keep it in the ground!
•    WTO Changes US law.
•    Sheldon Whitehouse on Climate and the TPP
•    Sheldon Whitehouse's best burns-"They're not gynecologists either....."

Check out live  links at our blog,  https://massclimateaction.wordpress.com/2015/05/25/a-dereliction-of-duty-the-climate-minute-podcast/

Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.

Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre