As sweltering as this summer has been, if we don't act now, our children may look back on the summer of 1998 as one that was relatively mild and cool.

Global warming is real.

My Administration has made addressing the threat of global climate change one of our top environmental priorities.

We must all do our part to protect the environment.

We have the opportunity and the deepest of obligations to leave our children and our grandchildren a healthy, thriving planet.

I am pleased that the House of Representatives, in a bipartisan fashion, today rejected an unwise and unwarranted attempt to deny the American people the facts about global warming.

I believe today is the 18th day in a row that it's above 100 degrees in Dallas, Texas.

The American people expect and deserve a fair, honest, and informed debate on the issue of climate change.

We will overcome the challenge of global climate change and create new avenues of growth for our economy.

I'm very pleased that the United States has reached a truly historic agreement with other nations of the world to take unprecedented steps to address the global problem of climate change.

I am very pleased that the United States has reached an historic agreement with other nations of the world to take unprecedented action to address global warming.

The next big challenge I think we have is, how do we deal with the very real and, I'm convinced, quite profound environmental challenges that will be presented to the world.

When the temperatures warm, they dry the soil and create the conditions for the floods simultaneously.

It was hotter; there were more mosquitoes; it was a very different and difficult place.

The White House announced that the President will participate in the White House Conference on Climate Change on October 6.

Announcement on the White House Conference on Climate Change

This climate change issue is one of the principal challenges that we face.

This landmark agreement is a major step forward by the international community in taking action to address global climate change.