
We have to do something about climate change.
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We have to do something about climate change.

There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate.

No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.

Keeping our children healthy takes more than promoting good lifestyles today—it also rests on leaving them with a stable world to live in tomorrow.

The problem is the EPA does not protect its own employees.

We are heirs to a vast expanse of oceans and waterways that have sustained our ancestors for centuries.

I am proud to have protected more than 260 million additional acres of public lands and waters—more than any other President.

This rule will provide the clarity and certainty businesses and industry need about which waters are protected by the Clean Water Act.

Too many of our waters have been left vulnerable to pollution.

H.R. 1335 would interfere with the tremendous success achieved in rebuilding overfished fisheries.

The EPA has proposed a rule that will increase its regulatory authority far beyond current policy.

It proves that the old argument that we can't strengthen the economy and be good stewards of our planet at the same time is a false choice.

Our emissions of dangerous carbon pollution are actually falling.

I urge all Americans to explore the great outdoors and to uphold our Nation's legacy of conserving our lands and waters for future generations.

As long as I'm President, we will not walk away from the promise of clean energy.

Boulder City was the perfect place to generate solar power.