Shorting the Poor: The Fallout of Climate Change Policy

Dr. E. Calvin Beisner
January 22, 2009

In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama had heart-warming words for the poor around the world. "To the people of poor nations," he said, "we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds."

These words have the ring of truth, coming from a President whose father, the late Barack Obama Sr., was born in a Kenyan village and whose half-brother George Obama lives in a slum in Huruma, Kenya.

Obama also spoke about climate change and energy. How we use our energy, he said, "threaten[s] the planet." Calling for a change, he said, "We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories." Before hundreds of thousands bundled up against below-average, sub-freezing temperatures in Washington, Obama called on America and other nations to "work tirelessly to . . . roll back the specter of a warming planet." the rest