"For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change," President Barack Obama declared in his 2013 State of the Union address. "Yes, it's true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15."
Environmentalists were quick to react, offering support for the president's expressed commitment to combatting climate change. The League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club and others wrote in a joint statement, "We applaud President Obama for restating in no uncertain terms, in tonight's State of the Union address, the obligation he and the nation have to address climate change." They added, "More than 3.2 million comments have been collected from Americans that support limiting carbon pollution from existing power plants."
The Huffington Post's Lynne Peeples previously reported that environmentalists held high expectations going into Tuesday's speech. Yet, "as many experts also note, such hopes should probably be tempered. Obama is constrained by a ticking clock and partisan politics."
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