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...carbon emitter - is the other half. Massively polluting, building a couple of coal-fired power plants every week, China is a convenient scapegoat for American politicians who don't want to make the first move on climate change. But as Hu made clear in his Sept. 22 speech, China is serious about confronting climate change. The country spent an estimated $221 billion in economic stimulus on green initiatives, more than any other nation. At the U.N., in addition to promising to raise its renewable energy share to 15% by 2020, Hu pledged that China would cut its carbon emissions...
...climate chief Yvo de Boer reacted to Hu’s speech by saying that China could become the “front-runner” on climate change with these steps, depending on the U.S. government’s response. But this lofty aspiration depends on China reaching these targets and proving it has substance to match appealing words...
...part, the U.S. does face an important challenge as well. The substance of Obama’s speech was positive and indicated that he recognizes the importance of climate-change efforts, though he could not provide much substance. While the Waxman-Markey bill would make the U.S. the clear leader in climate-change reform, the bill remains stalled in the Senate after passing through the House. While we do not agree with the Los Angeles Times that this situation renders Obama’s words meaningless and the U.S. position “woefully weak...
...President Obama, in a sop to Republicans, spoke favorably of medical malpractice reform in last week’s speech. But his proposed action on this front (the creation of a committee to make recommendations to Congress) is a cop-out. This is not surprising, given trial lawyers’ support for the Democratic Party. Malpractice lawsuits, while a necessary recourse for victims of medical errors, impose a cost on health-care providers. Fearing lawsuits, doctors buy expensive malpractice insurance and order unnecessary tests. Juries, lacking medical expertise, are generally poor assessors of guilt: A study in the New England...
Palin was in the Big Lychee on her first visit to Asia, delivering her first major speech abroad at a high-profile conference of bankers and regional finance executives. A reported 1,100 delegates crammed into the ballroom to hear her champion "commonsense conservatism" and Reaganomics and offer commentary on Asian geopolitics. But if this luncheon keynote address was the former Alaska governor's first credential-burnishing step toward a 2012 presidential bid, it was made with the pesky media well at arm's length. All press were barred from the event, reportedly at the request of Palin's camp...