Thursday, July 17, 2014

Obama Unveils Measures to Help Communities Adapt to Climate Change

President Barack Obama speaks at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia July 15, 2014. (Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing) Click to enlarge.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced new measures to make the country's infrastructure stronger and more resilient, to help states and communities adapt to climate change.

"Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy," Obama said during a meeting with state, local and tribal officials to discuss global warming.

"That means that we should see this as an opportunity to do what we should be doing anyway, and that’s modernizing our infrastructure, modernizing our roads, modernizing our bridges, power grids, our transit systems, and making sure that they’re more resilient."

Obama Unveils Measures to Help Communities Adapt to Climate Change

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