++Nancy LeTourneau at Washington Monthly writes a piece this morning that summarizes what President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry have done to make the climate agreement likely.
++President Obama allocated $80 billion of the stimulus package at the beginning of his term to develop clean energy. This blog mentioned at the time that this was one of the secret benefits of the stimulus package aimed at moving us away from the old economy.
++The administration curbed carbon emissions through agreements with the auto industry during their bailouts.
++John Kerry put a climate agreement as his top priority once he became Secretary of State . This meant he issued directives to the whole State Department to incorporate this into their work.
++The result is that over 150 countries responsible for 90% of the world's emissions have developed their climate targets.
++In one sense , the Paris meeting is a success. What Ms. LeTourneau points out that the Obama Administration has taken years to prepare rthe ground for this. Another example of the President taking the long view.
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